Bulk cargo

A mini-bulker taking on cargo in Brest.

Bulk cargo is cargo that is unpacked (un-bundled or un-bound) and is of the same or a similar kind or nature (homogeneous). These cargos are usually dropped or poured, with a spout or shovel bucket, as a liquid or solid, into a bulk carrier's hold, railroad car, or tanker truck/trailer/semi-trailer body. Bulk cargos are classified as liquid or dry.

The largest bulk carrier cargo ship in the world is the iron ore carrier Berge Stahl, weighing a massive 364,768 dead-weight-tons (metric).

The busiest bulk cargo port in the world is the New Orleans-area based Port of South Louisiana.

Dry bulk cargos

• coal
• grain (wheat, maize, rice, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, soybeans, etc.)
• iron ore (ferrous & non-ferrous ores, ferroalloys, pig iron, scrap metal, etc.)
• bauxite
• wood chips
• cement
• chemicals (fertilizer, plastic granules & pellets, resin powder, synthetic fiber, etc.)
• dry edibles (for animals or humans: alfalfa pellets, citrus pellets, livestock feed, flour, peanuts, raw or refined sugar, seeds, starches, etc.)
• bulk mine (sand & gravel, copper, iron, (ores in pellet form) , salt, etc.)

Liquid bulk cargos

• oil
• liquefied natural gas (LNG)
• gasoline
• chemicals
• liquid edibles (vegetable oil, cooking oil, fruit juices, etc.)

Some bulk shipping companies

Railcars can ship any bulk cargo to many locations. This car advertises "Next Load, Any Road!"

• Olympic Vessels Vessel's free gate to the maritime markets: free access to all the maritime markets and maritime news.
• Aasen Shipping & Aasen Chartering (Norway) Homepage
• ALL-Transport A/S (Norway) Homepage
• American Steamship Company (United States) Homepage
• Canada Steamship Lines (Canada)
• Commercial Trading & Discount (Greece)
• Czech Ocean Shipping (Czech Republic)
• Daeyang Shipping (China - Greece - Japan)
• c(Canada)
• Gearbulk (Norway - Japan)
• M/S Fjordbulk (Norway)
• NOL Services (Singapore)
• OAM Coal Trade and Bulk Shipping (Germany)
• Österströms Rederi AB (Sweden)
• SMC Marine Services (Singapore)
• Samsun Logix (South Korea)
• The Skaarup Group (United States) Homepage
• Zhejiang Ocean Shipping Company (China)
• Losinjska Plovidba brodarstvo (Croatia) [1]

Some major bulk ports

Large ports specializing in bulk cargo:

• Port of South Louisiana
• Port of Rotterdam

See also

• World's busiest port
• Bigbag

External links

• Dry Cargo international

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