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i DRY CARGO DC international WWW.DRYCARGOMAG.COM ISSUE NO. 231 JANUARY 2020 FEATURES Bulk Trades Outlook Bulk Carrier Market Bulk in the Netherlands German Engineering Continuous Ship Unloaders & Technologies The world’s leading and only monthly magazine for the dry bulk industry CONTENTS The world's largest material handler: the new SENNEBOGEN 895 E at Iskenderun Port in DCi Turkey. The SENNEBOGEN 895 E with an operating weight of around 420t is the largest material handler in the world. A new feature is the accessible power pack unit, which offers excellent access to all maintenance points and the control and drive components. A 563 kW diesel motor and a 500 kW electric motor are available. Three versions of undercarriages are available as standard, from mobile with 14 sets of wheels, to a crawler portal version and a rail portal solution. The comfortable Portcab offers an eye level of up to 22m. SENNEBOGEN Maschinenfabrik GmbH Sennebogenstraße 10 D-94315 Straubing, Germany T: +49 9421 540-0 E: [email protected] W: www.sennebogen.com PUBLISHERS Jason Chinnock WWW.DRYCARGOMAG.COM JANUARY 2020 issue [email protected] Andrew Hucker-Brown [email protected] EDITORIAL Louise Dodds-Ely Editor [email protected] Jay Venter Deputy Editor featuring... [email protected] Samantha Smith Directories TRADE & COMMODITIES [email protected] Bernice van Wyk Office Manager Grain trade resuming growth 2 [email protected] DAMPENED GROWTH IN DRY BULK TRADE COULD PERSIST 4 SALES Matthew Currin Senior Sales [email protected] Executive SHIPPING & TRANSPORT Zack Venter Advertisement Sales Rocktree completes FEED for Bauxite Hills floating terminal 14 [email protected] Executive Shipowners trust VIKING to manage safety 15 CORRESPONDENTS Brazil Patrick Knight Shipping sector proposes US$5 billion R&D board to cut emissions 17 India Kunal Bose China’s ‘greening of the silk road’ spurs hike in water-lubricated propulsion 18 Asia David Hayes CARGO HOLD ROBOT TECHNOLOGY Europe Barry Cross CLIIN 19 Malaysia Wira Sulaiman BULK CARRIER MARKET: STILL SEEKING RECOVERY 21 Philippines Fred Pundol South Africa Iain McIntosh UK Maria Cappuccio PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS UK Michael King Poço do Bispo Multipurpose Terminal handles largest Panamax bulk carrier 29 UK Richard Scott USA Colby Haines Argentina has three new river ports for grain traffic 31 USA Walter Mitchell Sept-Îles celebrates record tonnage 32 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE NETHERLANDS BULK HANDLING: PORTS, TERMINALS & EQUIPMENT 33 Business Publishing International www.drycargomag.com Corporate Park, 11 Sinembe Crescent La Lucia Ridge, South Africa, 4051 ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT Tel: +27 31 583 4360 Fax: +27 31 566 4502 AUMUND supplies concept and products for greenfield cement project in Russia 49 Email: [email protected] Variable frequency drive: versatility in dust suppression via atomized mist 52 Twitter: twitter.com/drycargomag Bedeschi shiploader for Riga Bulk Terminal 55 HEAD OFFICE 100th Liebherr mobile harbour crane in Spain 56 Trade Publishing International Limited INTERVIEW WITH FRANZ-W. AUMUND 59 Clover House, 24 Drury Road, CONTINUOUS SHIP-UNLOADERS: EFFICIENT, SAFE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND 67 Colchester, Essex CO2 7UX, UK Tel: +44 (0)1206 562552 REDUCE CONVEYOR MAINTENANCE TIME THROUGH BETTER ACCESS 72 Email: [email protected] CRS UNVEILS ROTAINER® EUROSPEC 42 79 Website: www.drycargomag.com Twitter: twitter.com/drycargomag GERMAN ENGINEERING EXPERTISE 83 ISSN 1466-3643 Insta: www.instagram.com/drycargointernational JANUARY 2020 Trade Publishing International Ltd does not guarantee the 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 2020 DC international 1 Grain trade resuming growth s the new year begins, the regional total by 6.1mt or 5%, to signs. Although there is potential for A indications of how commodity 120.4mt. Imports into both North Africa additional imports into several Asian imports in many countries will and sub-Saharan Africa may also countries, including India and a number evolve in 2020 point to tight restraints increase, raising the continent’s total by of relatively small importers, negative on growth. The outlook for world 6.6mt (9%) to 79.1mt. These rises are influences are also at the forefront. seaborne dry bulk trade seems positive, likely to more than offset a 6.2mt (19%) An example of restrained optimism is but the outcome appears likely to be a reduction in European Union imports, the calculations of the Australian fairly sluggish rate of expansion, which could fall to 25.7mt. Government source already cited. World compared with past performances. coal trade, mainly seaborne, is forecast Some progress has been achieved IRON ORE to grow by under 1% in 2020. The total recently in resolving international Forecasts of steel production in the main could rise by 11mt (0.7%) from an disagreements, which have been raw materials importing countries, estimated 1,529mt in 2019, to 1,540mt. holding back global economic activity during 2020, suggest that robust Several major importers could see and weakening trade. Yet there are strengthening is unlikely to occur. declines amid downwards pressures only limited signs of a pick up in global Expectations of a flat or slightly lower especially in the steam coal segment, GDP during the twelve months ahead, annual total in China, together with where environmental policies are now after a sharp slowdown to an estimated marginal or no growth in the EU, Japan becoming a pervasive influence on 3.0% or lower in 2019. China is widely and South Korea, imply that support for consumption of this energy commodity. expected to continue slowing, while additional iron ore or coking coal potential for improvement in the other consumption will be quite limited. MINOR BULKS BULK CARRIER TRADE & FLEET OUTLOOK TRADE & FLEET CARRIER BULK main economies is not prominent. Nevertheless, a forecast published by Global seaborne movements of the Australian Government a few weeks fertilizers (phosphate rock, potash, GRAIN & SOYA ago is more optimistic. Global iron ore sulphur, urea and other types), appear One part of dry bulk trade where trade (including land movements, but to have grown slowly last year, possibly distinctly more promising growth mainly seaborne) is seen as increasing reaching around 180mt. Signs suggest prospects have emerged in recent by 54mt (4%) in 2020, compared with that a further increase may be seen in weeks is grain and soya. In the largest an estimated 1,512mt last year. the twelve months ahead. segment, wheat and coarse grains, However, this includes a flat total in import demand calculations suggest China, at 1056mt, implying a strong BULK CARRIER FLEET that countries around the world could expansion in other countries’ purchases, During 2019 the Handysize receive an additional 10mt (million which seems an unlikely result. (10–39,999dwt) bulk carriers group — tonnes) in the current 2019/20 crop comprising about 12% of the entire year ending June, raising the total to COAL world bulk carrier fleet, according to 375mt, as shown in table 1. A continuing upwards trend in seaborne Clarksons Research data — continued to According to the latest International coal trade over the next twelve months grow by about 2%, as shown by table 2. Grains Council estimates, imports into is predicted by some analysts. But, if In the current year lower newbuilding China, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan this view proves realistic, any growth deliveries and higher scrapping may be and other countries in Asia could raise could be marginal based on current seen, reducing the growth rate. 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 99.3 90.4 96.3 Japan 21.9 22.1 23.1 23.6 23.9 24.1 Middle East 56.7 55.8 54.0 61.5 61.9 61.8 Africa 67.1 76.3 75.4 76.9 72.5 79.1 Others 87.4 96.5 100.6 108.5 115.7 113.5 World total 322.1 345.7 352.8 369.8 364.4 374.8 source: International Grains Council, 21 November 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 3.0 Scrapping (sales) 4.2 5.2 3.3 1.7 0.5 0.8 Losses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Plus/minus adjustments 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 World fleet at end of year 95.9 97.3 98.6 100.3 102.8 105.0 % change from previous year-end +1.3 +1.3 +1.3 +1.8 +2.5 +2.1 source: Clarksons Research (historical data) & Bulk Shipping Analysis December 2019 forecast *forecast JANUARY 2020 DCi by Richard Scott, Bulk Shipping Analysis, Tel: +44 (0)12 7722 5784; Fax: +44 (0)12 7722 5784; e-mail: [email protected] 2 Cleveland Cascades Ltd Global leader in bespoke dry bulk loading chutes Ship Loaders Silo Loaders Truck Loaders Cleveland Cascades are Specialists in the design and manufacture of bespoke dry bulk loading chutes. 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