Grabbing more and more: “Savings in demurrage costs are considerable”
NewsUsing grabs to discharge ships can sometimes be more productive than continuous unloaders. An important component in a grab configuration is the tagline.
Horses for courses in grab race
StandardDuring the past 20 years seaborne dry bulk trades are estimated to have risen by an average of 2.6 percent/year and reached around 2.1 bill tons on a worldwide basis in 2002. This rate of growth has been much slower than growth in general cargo trades, particularly containers, but nevertheless on a tonnes shipped basis, dry bulks are second only to liquid bulks (2.25 bill tonnes) in importance.
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