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i DRY CARGO DC international WWW.DRYCARGOMAG.COM ISSUE NO. 234 APRIL 2020 FEATURES Asian Coal & Agribulk Trades Grab Manufacturers Portable Bulk Handling Stockyard Systems Great Lakes & St Lawrence Seaway System The world’s leading and only monthly magazine for the dry bulk industry BEST IN CLASS SOLUTION NKM-NoellNKM-Noeell transshipment cranescraanes arearre purpose designeddessigned and built for continuous bulk handling operations, inshoreinshorree oror offshore.offffshorree. 20% ENERGY SAVINGSSAAVVVINGSINGS & CO2 UPTIME EFFICIENCY SAFETY REDUCTION Robust design for High capacity load Direct view on entire Optimized balance, longevity dependent hoisting load path due to cabin energy storage & & redundancy speed positioned in or next control technology to boom www.nkmnoell.comwwwwww..nkmnkmmnoell.comnoell.com ÁÁRDWLQJFUDQHV#QNPQRHOOFRPRDWLQJFUDQHV#QNPQRHOOFRP CONTENTS J&B hydraulic grab Celebrating 75 years of 3m³ for handling of building grabs, follow J&B’s story on YouTube: DCi various bulk materials. 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[email protected] Samantha Smith Directories TRADE & COMMODITIES [email protected] Bernice van Wyk Office Manager Positive signs for grain and soya trade 2 [email protected] ASIA’S COAL IMPORTS: NOW HARDER TO PREDICT 4 SALES AGRIBULK IN ASIA: SELF-SUFFICIENCY MUST PARTNER WITH EFFECTIVE STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION 10 Matthew Currin Senior Sales [email protected] Executive Zack Venter Advertisement Sales [email protected] Executive SHIPPING & TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENTS Production of Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 systems remains strong 13 Brazil Patrick Knight Going hybrid and electric: merchant shipping’s sustainable route-finder 14 India Kunal Bose Asia David Hayes HFW assists Abu Dhabi Ports on ship purchase with remote closing by video 15 Europe Barry Cross Thinking outside the cargo hold: innovation to solve dry goods shipping problems 16 Malaysia Wira Sulaiman Philippines Fred Pundol South Africa Iain McIntosh PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS UK Maria Cappuccio UK Michael King Abu Dhabi Ports expansion into the dry bulk transshipment market 36 UK Richard Scott USA Colby Haines Port of Antwerp tests smart bracelet to prevent corona infection on the workfloor 37 USA Walter Mitchell Vysotsk grain terminal to become a reality 38 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE As Chinese industry resumes, slowdown hits South America 39 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 Container Rotation Systems: wide range of commodities can be handled 40 Email: [email protected] BEUMER Group presents data analytics for sortation technology 41 Twitter: twitter.com/drycargomag MOBILE SYSTEMS KEEP CARGO MOVING SMOOTHLY 43 HEAD OFFICE INNOVATION FLOWS AT PNEUMAT SYSTEMS 75 Trade Publishing International Limited Clover House, 24 Drury Road, STOCKYARDS UNDER SCRUTINY: TECHNOLOGY MARCHES APACE 79 Colchester, Essex CO2 7UX, UK GRABBING THE SPOTLIGHT: GRABS & THEIR MANUFACTURE 105 Tel: +44 (0)1206 562552 Email: [email protected] Website: www.drycargomag.com BREAKBULK & BAGGING Twitter: twitter.com/drycargomag ISSN 1466-3643 STEEL & IRON ORE: MARKET STEELS ITSELF FOR UNCERTAIN FUTURE 124 Insta: www.instagram.com/drycargointernational APRIL 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 Positive signs for grain and soya trade rospects for commodity import ending September rising by about 6mt coronavirus pandemic effects. Coal Pdemand around the world this (million tonnes) or 3% to 215mt, after consumption could also be weakened in year are now much harder to decreasing in the previous twelve some countries by tougher price assess. Adverse effects amid govern - months. This envisaged increase mostly competition with lower gas prices. ment measures implemented to control reflects a 5mt (7%) upturn in China's The outlook for steam coal imports in the coronavirus pandemic may eliminate estimated imports to 88mt, amid Europe appears especially weak. overall growth in global seaborne dry consumption strengthening after pig Seaborne volumes received by the bulk trade in 2020, and potentially could herds recover from the swine fever European Union and UK have fallen cause a substantial downturn. outbreak. steeply in the past two years, following Forecasts of world economic activity previous declines. The estimated 2019 this year have become more gloomy. IRON ORE total fell below 80mt and a further Enforced population lockdowns in many In recent weeks the outlook for global marked reduction looks likely in the countries are likely to result in a iron ore trade has become more hazy. A current year. Power generation widespread severe recession. Several flat or declining volume in 2020 as a switching from coal to gas, and the weeks ago the OECD organization whole now seems quite likely, given the growth of renewable energy supplies suggested that one possible outcome is adverse effects on steel production in are the main factors having a negative a halving of global GDP growth in 2020, numerous countries of shutdowns in impact. compared with last year, to 1.5%. But consuming industries, such as car and there is huge uncertainty. While the vehicle manufacturing. MINOR BULKS severity of the coronavirus pandemic is But some analysts still have a Global movements of a number of dry BULK CARRIER TRADE & FLEET OUTLOOK TRADE & FLEET CARRIER BULK now clearer, the duration of heavily positive view. Updated forecasts bulk commodities related to disrupted economic activity is unclear. published last month by the Australian construction or manufacturing activity Government's industry ministry showed could be adversely affected by the GRAIN & SOYA world iron ore trade (mainly seaborne, economic downturn now unfolding. A Although grain and soya trade will not including land movements) growing recovery from the coronavirus shutdown be unaffected by the coronavirus slightly in 2020. A 15mt (1%) increase in top minor bulk importer China pandemic, import demand for these and is expected this year, elevating the total followed later by revival elsewhere, other agricultural commodities may be to a calculated 1,775mt. European could assist in limiting negative effects. well supported. World trade in wheat, imports may be flat, accompanied by corn and other coarse grains during the 1% rises in China and Japan and 3% BULK CARRIER FLEET current 2019/20 crop year is likely to be growth in Korea. Uncertainty has intensified about bulk about 4% higher, and early tentative carrier newbuilding deliveries and indications for the year approaching COAL scrapping volumes in 2020. Table 2 point to further growth. A possibility that coal trade could remain shows a possible outcome in the In the soyabeans and meal segment, on an upwards trend during 2020, albeit Panamax (65–99,999dwt) segment, positive influences are also visible. As with only limited growth, seems to be comprising one quarter of the entire shown in table 1, US Department of fading. Energy usage, at least in the world bulk carrier fleet. Growth in the Agriculture forecasts show global soya first half of this year, probably will be Panamax category this year could trade in the 2019/20 marketing year greatly reduced in many regions by slacken to about 4%. TABLE 1: WORLD SOYABEANS AND SOYAMEAL IMPORTS (MILLION TONNES) 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20* European Union 33.5 34.3 32.2 32.9 33.7 33.9 China 78.4 83.3 93.6 94.1 82.6 88.0 Other Asia 32.3 34.2 35.0 35.3 37.1 38.3 Others 40.8 43.3 43.5 51.5 55.1 54.3 World total 185.0 195.1 204.3 213.8 208.5 214.5 % change from previous year +8.3 +5.4 +4.7 +4.7 -2.6 +3.0 source: US Dept of Agriculture, 10 March 2020 October/September marketing years * forecast www.drycargomag.com TABLE 2: PANAMAX (65–99,999DWT) BULK CARRIER FLEET (MILLION DEADWEIGHT TONNES) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020* Newbuilding deliveries 9.9 9.4 8.9 5.6 11.1 12.0 Scrapping 6.8 8.4 3.6 0.1 0.3 3.0 Losses 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 Plus/minus adjustments -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 World fleet at end of year 195.2 196.1 201.4 206.8 217.6 226.6 % change from previous year-end +1.5 +0.5 +2.7 +2.7 +5.2 +4.1 source: Clarksons (historical data) & BSA 2020 forecasts *forecast APRIL 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 Asia’s coal imports now harder to predict TRADE & COMMODITIES Richard Scott, Bulk Shipping Analysis Recent attempts to assess the ongoing by shifting towards cleaner energy sources. and numerous smaller economies energy trend of coal imports into Asia through This environmental influence is expected demand has been growing rapidly amid 2020 have been complicated by uncertainty to progressively restrain the coal imports relatively fast expansion of national surrounding the impact of the coronavirus trend. economic output. pandemic emerging in the early months of Asia’s volumes are by far the biggest During the past couple of months the this year.