Two self-unloading dry cargo transshipment units will be the first
bulk carriers in the industry to feature ABB's Azipod electric propulsion.
PNSC intends to engage its managed dry
bulk carriers in the transportation of domestic cargo of Pakistan and anticipated coal transportation in the backdrop of upcoming coal-fired power plants.
As all was set for the transfer from the holding
bulk carriers to another, the team from the Surveillance and Monitoring, backed by the Preventive Unit of Customs entered the yard and intercepted the trucks without the installed tracking devices nor a form of customs declaration.
Jovo International Business general manager Yuan Lu was quoted as saying the LNG would be brought to Subic from Australia and Indonesia via a 94,000-ton
bulk carrier. The cargo would then be transferred to a smaller 47,000-tonnage capacity ship bound for China.
The order, which could be completed over the next few weeks, involves 10
bulk carriers that would mainly used to accommodate Iran's huge iron-ore imports as well as copper exports, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The depth of the port can only accommodate
bulk carriers weighing 7,000 metric tons and up to 10,000 metric tons during high tide.
The group's product lineup includes
bulk carriers, container ships, small-size gas carriers and offshore support vessels.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the shipbuilding arm of Mitsubishi, says it has developed a new
bulk carrier that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 25 percent compared with conventional averaged
bulk carriers.
Aker Solutions has also signed contracts with major South Korean yards to supply deck machinery for Kamsarmax
bulk carriers and several Aframax, Suezmax, shuttle and very large crude carrier (VLCC) tankers.
The company is likely to take delivery in mid-2011 of the first of 19 new Ultra- Large
Bulk Carriers vessels that can carry up to 400,000 deadweight tons of cargo.