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TM i DRY CARGO DC international WWW.DRYCARGOMAG.COM ISSUE NO. 226 JULY 2019 FEATURES Bauxite & Alumina Trades Bulk Handling Cranes Turnkey Solutions Forest Products Rail/Barge Transportation & Handling Technologies The world’s leading and only monthly magazine for the dry bulk industry Rugged Energy & Data Transmission Systems Motor Driven Reels • Monospiral and Level-Wind confi gurations • Rugged and dependable magnetic Conductix-Wampfl er has one critical mission: coupler for dusty environments To keep your bulk material handling operations running 24 / 7 / 365. You need proven, worry- free energy solutions - and Conductix-Wampfl er has them. Our systems provide reliable electric power and water to stacker/reclaimers, barge and ship loaders/unloaders, bulk conveyors, tripper systems, and gantry cranes. Conductix-Wampfl er systems are rugged, low maintenance, and time- Cable Festoon • Corrosion-resistant, long-life rollers; tested in tough, dusty environments. 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[email protected] Samantha Smith Directories TRADE & COMMODITIES [email protected] Bernice van Wyk Office Manager Grain and soya trade growth limitations 2 [email protected] Indian government considers giving fertilizer subsidies directly to farmers 3 SALES ALUMINIUM’S DISAPPOINTING PERFORMANCE PARTLY DUE TO BIG CHINESE EXPORTS IN EARLY 2019 4 Matthew Currin Senior Sales [email protected] Executive Zack Venter Advertisement Sales SHIPPING & TRANSPORT [email protected] Executive Fumigation not fully effective in controlling certain grain cargo pests 9 CORRESPONDENTS Brazil Patrick Knight Fednav takes delivery of a new vessel with a historic name 11 India Kunal Bose Record low newbuild orders placed in Q2 2019 11 Asia David Hayes OVING CARGOES INLAND RAIL AND BARGE TRANSPORTATION IS AS IMPORTANT AS EVER Europe Barry Cross M : 15 Malaysia Wira Sulaiman Philippines Fred Pundol PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS South Africa Iain McIntosh UK Maria Cappuccio Major investment by ADM in Santos 33 UK Michael King Fog cannon for Tubarão port 34 UK Richard Scott USA Colby Haines Best half-year ever for North Sea Port freight transshipments 36 USA Walter Mitchell ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT Business Publishing International www.drycargomag.com Corporate Park, 11 Sinembe Crescent FLSmidth wins contract for new cement plant in Morocco 43 La Lucia Ridge, South Africa, 4051 BULK BY BARGE AND RAIL: HANDLING EQUIPMENT 51 Tel: +27 31 583 4360 OXING CLEVER CONTAINERIZED BULK HANDLING CONTINUES TO GROW IN POPULARITY Fax: +27 31 566 4502 B ? 65 Email: [email protected] ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT 79 Twitter: twitter.com/drycargomag RAISING MORE THAN JUST STANDARDS: BULK HANDLING CRANES IN FOCUS 95 HEAD OFFICE Trade Publishing International Limited BREAKBULK & BAGGING Clover House, 24 Drury Road, Colchester, Essex CO2 7UX, UK PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY A BRIGHT SPOT, AMIDST MOSTLY STAGNANT BRAZILIAN INDUSTRY 103 Tel: +44 (0)1206 562552 Email: [email protected] Website: www.drycargomag.com GRAIN HANDLING DIRECTORY 115 Twitter: twitter.com/drycargomag ISSN 1466-3643 Insta: www.instagram.com/drycargointernational Trade Publishing International Ltd does not guarantee the JULY 2019 information contained in Dry Cargo International, nor does it accept responsibility for errors or omissions or their consequences. i Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of Trade Publishing International Ltd DRY CARGO DCi © Trade Publishing Int’l Ltd 2019 DC international 1 Grain and soya trade growth limitations nfluences restraining commodity reflected in imports falling by 7mt or rate. Expansion was led by India and Iimports into many countries have 22% to 24.3mt. Turkey also could see China. Global coal production rose by become more prominent recently. an imports reduction. These negative 4.3% last year. As a consequence, over the remainder elements are predicted to be offset by These indicators of underlying of this year and into 2020 global increases in numerous other countries support for coal usage may not seaborne dry bulk trade may see only including Iran, China and Morocco. automatically improve prospects for limited growth. additional import demand in the short The outlook for the world economy IRON ORE term. However, in some countries rising and industrial activities affecting trade Reduced global seaborne iron ore trade coal consumption, especially in the has deteriorated. Yet estimates of gross in 2019 is becoming a more plausible power generation sector, is directly domestic product growth in the first idea. Steel production in many of the resulting in expanding imports. India is a quarter of 2019 for the G20 group of main raw materials importing countries prominent example, although by countries showed a slight pickup is providing only limited support for iron contrast in China extra output from compared with the previous quarter. ore consumption and imports. Even In domestic mines is satisfying Whether this improvement was China, where steel output has been requirements. maintained in the quarter just ended is evolving strongly, purchases of ore from not clear, however. Forecasters are foreign suppliers have been weaker in MINOR BULKS mostly cautious, given potentially recent months. International seaborne movements of unfavourable factors which have During the first five months of this fertilizers comprise mainly phosphate emerged. year, China's iron ore imports (which rock, potash, sulphur and urea together BULK CARRIER TRADE & FLEET OUTLOOK TRADE & FLEET CARRIER BULK comprise over two-thirds of the world's with processed phosphates. After GRAIN & SOYA total) fell by 24mt or 5% to 424mt, reaching almost 170mt last year As the new July/June 2019/20 crop year compared with last year's same period. according to estimates, this large global begins, prospects for grain trade suggest Despite a 10% expansion of steel trade volume could continue on an a fairly flat outcome. The latest production in that period, iron ore upwards trend in 2019. International Grains Council forecast, supply problems were encountered, and summarized in table 1, shows world these were reflected in falling stocks at BULK CARRIER FLEET trade in wheat plus corn and other Chinese ports. The annual ore imports The Handysize fleet of vessels in the coarse grains edging upwards by 2mt total now seems likely to be lower also. 10–39,999 deadweight tonnes category (million tonnes), to 370.2mt. Similarly, forms about 12% of the entire world in the year which has just ended, the COAL bulk carrier fleet, carrying a broad range total was almost flat at an estimated While the global coal trade outlook of cargoes on a wide variety of routes. 368.4mt. often seems predominantly downbeat, As shown in table 2, capacity in this Among grain importers, the biggest figures published last month fleet segment increased by 2.5% last change expected in the crop year ahead emphasized positive market features year and seems likely to see growth of is a sharp downturn in European Union still evolving. The BP annual statistical around 2% in 2019. Newbuilding purchases amid an improved domestic review revealed that world coal deliveries may be lower in the current grain harvest this summer. EU grain consumption in 2018 grew by 1.4%, period, but scrapping seems likely to production may be 7% higher at 370mt, double the ten-year average growth remain quite limited. TABLE 1: GLOBAL WHEAT & COARSE GRAINS IMPORTS (MILLION TONNES) 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19* 2019/20* Asia (excluding Japan) 89.0 95.0 99.7 99.1 92.3 95.6 Japan 21.9 22.1 23.1 23.6 23.8 23.7 Middle East 56.7 55.8 54.0 61.3 61.0 60.1 Africa 67.1 76.3 75.4 76.6 74.1 79.2 Others 87.4 96.5 100.6 108.2 117.2 111.6 world total 322.1 345.7 352.8 368.8 368.4 370.2 source: International Grains Council, 27 June 2019 *forecast July/June crop years www.drycargomag.com TABLE 2: HANDYSIZE 10-39,999 DWT BULK CARRIER FLEET (MILLION DEADWEIGHT TONNES) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019* Newbuilding deliveries 5.4 6.5 4.6 3.4 2.9 2.5 Scrapping (sales) 4.2 5.2 3.2 1.7 0.6 0.5 Losses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Plus/minus adjustments 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 World fleet at end of year 91.7 93.0 94.4 96.1 98.6 100.6 % change from previous year-end +1.3 +1.3 +1.4 +1.9 +2.5 +2.0 source: Clarksons (historical data) & Bulk Shipping Analysis 2019 forecast *forecast JULY 2019 DCi by Richard Scott, Bulk Shipping Analysis, Tel: +44 (0)12 7722 5784; Fax: +44 (0)12 7722 5784; e-mail: [email protected] 2 NEWS Indian government considers giving fertilizer subsidies directly to farmers The Indian government is attempting to dissuade farmers from the overuse of chemical fertilizers, so is relying on cash incentives to achieve this aim.