Tata Steel/Riversdale awarded contract

ZPMC’s new continuous screw-type ship unloader, with a capacity of 600-2,000 tonnes per hour, advances eco-friendly bulk cargo handling.

DB Cargo businesses in the UK and Poland are joining expertise to rework a rake of special steel-carrying wagons to serve their customer Tata Steel in South Wales.

The Balaka-Lilongwe railway now enables coal imports from Mozambique’s Tete Province, where Indian companies have bought mines to supply coal to India.

Liquified natural gas is unlikely to displace coal in China’s energy transition, as the country prioritises domestic energy sources over imported LNG.

Drewry forecasts a 3.3% rise in Capesize shipping demand in 2024, driven by increased coal exports from Colombia to Asia, offsetting reduced European demand.

The very last bulk carrier delivery – 44,000 tonnes of Japanese coke – has been made to the steelworks at Port Talbot in South Wales.