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The world's bulk transport has reached immense proportions: in 2005, 1.7 billion metric tons of coal, iron ore, grain, bauxite, and phosphate was transported by ship. [36] Today, the world's bulk carrier fleet includes 6,225 ships of over 10,000 DWT, and represent 40% of all ships in terms of tonnage and 39.4% in terms of vessels. [33]
This is a list of bulk carriers, both those in service and those which have ceased to operate. Bulk carriers are a type of cargo ship that transports unpackaged bulk cargo . For ships that have sailed under multiple names, their most recent name is used and former names are listed in the Notes section.
This list of freight ship companies is arranged by country. Companies listed own and/or operate bulk carriers, car carriers, container ships, Roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers. For a list of companies that own and operate passenger ships (cruise ships, cargo-passenger ships, and ferries), see List of passenger ship companies.
The ships are used as dry-bulk lake freighters (two gearless bulk freighter and three self-unloading vessel). [29] The first in the series, Algoma Equinox , was launched in 2013. Trillium class – a new class of lake freighter delivered for Canada Steamship Lines in 2012 ( Baie St. Paul ) and 2013 ( Whitefish Bay , Thunder Bay and Baie Comeau ).
Today, the tramp trade includes all types of vessels, from bulk carriers to tankers. Each can be used for a specific market, or ships can be combined, such as oil or bulk carriers, to accommodate many different markets, depending where the ship is located and the supply and demand of the area.
Valemax ships are the largest bulk carriers ever constructed, when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall, and are amongst the longest ships of any type currently in service. [ 1 ] The first Valemax vessel, Vale Brasil , was delivered in 2011.
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DryShips’ sale of newly-issued shares provided it with as much as $400 million in new capital, [11] with at least $226.4 million of this total coming from sales to Kalani between April and July 2017. DryShips used these funds to purchase additional ships for its fleet, [12] increasing the number of operating ships to roughly 36.