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Bulk Carrier

A ship designed to transport bulk cargo, which is a large amount of a commodity on a ship stored without a container, or in only a small container like a barrel or a small box. Bulk carriers sometimes have only one deck to maximize room for transportation. Many, though not all, are very large. Almost half of the world's merchant fleets are bulk carriers.

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Two self-unloading dry cargo transshipment units will be the first bulk carriers in the industry to feature ABB's Azipod electric propulsion.

First ever ABB electric propulsion to be installed on board a bulk carrier

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.

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With the new super-shallow draft bulk carrier, thyssenkrupp and National Ports said they will offer mining companies and port operators around the world a fast and efficient bulk material handling solution for shallow-water ports.

Bulk shipping concept aims to expand capacity of shallow-water ports

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.

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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.

Iran Planning to Return to Shipping Market

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The group's product lineup includes bulk carriers, container ships, small-size gas carriers and offshore support vessels.

MHI Signs Joint-Development Agreement with Sinopacific Shipbuilding of China to Provide Technological Support in Commercial Vessel Construction

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.

Mitsubishi develops bulk carrier that produces less carbon dioxide emissions

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.

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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.