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The dry break bulk cargo dock is operated by Tuloma Stevedoring, Inc. and primarily handles commodity iron and steel products. The dock is 720 feet (220 m) long with a 230-foot (70 m) wide concrete apron, and has various cranes and forklifts. It also features a 200-short-ton (180 t) overhead traveling bridge crane. [16] Dry bulk freight ...
A self-propelled dry bulk barge carrying crushed stone near Wuhan, 18 June 2006 The towboat, Donna York, pushing coal up the Ohio River.The tow had just exited the Louisville and Portland Canal at Louisville, Kentucky, 17 May 2009 An empty coal barge showing cargo bay smaller than hull along the Weser River in Bremen, May 2005 15 long coal barges on the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh, 28 ...
The port reported that in 2014, it had handled 3,564 railcars carrying 309,841 short tons (281,083 t) of cargo [5] and 459 barges carrying 688,802 short tons (624,871 t). [6] For 2015, it reported serving 2,210 railcars hauling 205,154 short tons (186,113 t) of cargo [ 5 ] and 452 barges with totalling 688,802 short tons (624,871 t) cargo.
Keystone Shipping Company operates a fleet of ships for both dry bulk cargo and tankers. Since World War I, the Keystone Shipping Company has been active in the worldwide support of the United States Armed Forces. Keystone Shipping Company is part of the Ready Reserve Fleet program. Keystone Shipping Company was founded by Charles Kurz.
ACL is the second-largest barge owner in the U.S., with a focus on dry cargo barges carrying grain and coal. The bankruptcy case filed in the district court in Houston on Friday was a voluntary ...
Special cargo and/or safety inspection of specific requirements of governments, ship operators, insurance companies or shipper. Surveys of import and export unboxed automobiles. On-hire, off-hire, and condition surveys of cargo compartments and handling gear. Hatch surveys, including condition of cargo prior to, during, and after discharge.
In dry bulk, lightering can be undertaken one of two ways. If the vessel to be lightered is geared (i.e., supplied with cranes), then it can discharge cargo to smaller, ungeared vessels (typically barges). If the vessel to be lightered is gearless, then floating cranes are often used to transfer cargo to another vessel or barge.
A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo—such as grain, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement—in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, economic forces have led to increased size and sophistication of these ships.