Scooping up on the self-unloader market

CSL and BCI will build and operate a transhipment vessel to support the Mardie Project, handling 5.35m tonnes of salt and 140,000 tonnes of potash annually.

Newbuilds have continued to join the global self-unloader fleet, while a merger is creating an even bigger force on the North American Great Lakes

Having recently commissioned many new vessels, self-unloader fleet owners have been ringing the changes during 2019

The Laker fleet continues to grow, but one carrier has hit a snag along the way with its fleet renewal plans.

Claimed to be “the world’s most eco-friendly bulk carriers”, sister ships Viikki and Haaga have been delivered to Aspo Group-owned ESL Shipping from the Jinling shipyard in Nanjing. The 160m, LNG-fuelled vessels of 25,600 dwt emit over 50% less CO2 than the previous generation of vessels.

Canada’s CSL group and the German Hartmann family (HJH Ship Management GmbH & Co. KG) have established a 50:50 joint venture company to build and operate a 40,000 dwt gravity self-unloading vessel.