A mini-bulker taking on cargo in Brest.

Bulk cargo is cargo that is unpacked (un-bundled or un-bound) and is of the same or a similar kind or nature (homogeneous). These cargos are usually dropped or poured, with a spout or shovel bucket, as a liquid or solid, into a bulk carrier's hold, railroad car, or tanker truck/trailer/semi-trailer body. Bulk cargos are classified as liquid or dry. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bulk carrier Berge Athene, a 225,000 DWT vessel. ... Brest (lol) is a city in Brittany, or the Bretagne région, north-west France, sous-préfecture of the Finistère département. ... Bulk carrier Berge Athene, a 225,000 DWT vessel. ... A railroad car (or, more briefly, car, not to be confused with railcar), also known as an item of rolling stock, is a vehicle on a railroad (or railway) that is not a locomotive — one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. ... A tank truck or tanker lorry is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads or cargo on roadways. ... A custom made camper trailer A boat on a trailer The same trailer empty A Trailer is an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle. ... semi-trailer truck with sleeper behind the cab. ... A liquid will usually assume the shape of its container A liquid is one of the main states of matter. ... For other uses, see Solid (disambiguation). ...

The largest bulk carrier cargo ship in the world is the iron ore carrier Berge Stahl, weighing a massive 364,768 dead-weight-tons (metric). Bulk carrier Berge Athene, a 225,000 DWT vessel. ... Italian Full rigged ship Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large watercraft capable of deep water navigation. ... This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production. ... The MS Berge Stahl is the largest bulk cargo ship in the world. ... Tonnage is a measure of the size or cargo capacity of a ship. ...

The busiest bulk cargo port in the world is the New Orleans-area based Port of South Louisiana. New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... The Port of South Louisiana is the largest volume shipping port in the United States and fifth largest in the world(2003 World Port Rankings). ...

Dry bulk cargos

• coal
• grain (wheat, maize, rice, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, soybeans, etc.)
• iron ore (ferrous & non-ferrous ores, ferroalloys, pig iron, scrap metal, etc.)
• bauxite
• wood chips
• cement
• chemicals (fertilizer, plastic granules & pellets, resin powder, synthetic fiber, etc.)
• dry edibles (for animals or humans: alfalfa pellets, citrus pellets, livestock feed, flour, peanuts, raw or refined sugar, seeds, starches, etc.)
• bulk mine (sand & gravel, copper, iron, (ores in pellet form) , salt, etc.)

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Iron ore (Banded iron formation) Manganese ore Lead ore Gold ore An ore is a volume of rock containing components or minerals in a mode of occurrence which renders it valuable for mining. ... From left to right, flat, round nose, hollow point and pointed pellets. ... A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) Salt covering the floor of Bad Water in Death Valley, CA, the lowest point in the US. A salt, in chemistry, is defined as the product formed from the neutralisation reaction of acids and bases. ...

Liquid bulk cargos

• oil
• liquefied natural gas (LNG)
• gasoline
• chemicals
• liquid edibles (vegetable oil, cooking oil, fruit juices, etc.)

Natural olive oil Synthetic motor oil An oil is any substance that is in a viscous liquid state (oily) at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer, and is both hydrophobic (immiscible with water, literally water fearing) and lipophilic (miscible with other oils, literally fat loving). This general definition includes compound classes... Liquefied natural gas or LNG is natural gas that has been processed to remove either valuable components e. ... Gasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting mostly of hydrocarbons and enhanced with benzene or iso-octane to increase octane ratings, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... Water and steam are two different forms of the same chemical substance A chemical substance is any material with a definite chemical composition, no matter where it comes from. ... Food is any substance, usually composed primarily of carbohydrates, fats, water and/or proteins, that can be eaten or drunk by an animal for nutrition and/or pleasure. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with cooking oil. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with vegetable oil. ... For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... Orange juice Juice is a liquid naturally contained in vegetable or fruit tissue. ...

Some bulk shipping companies

Railcars can ship any bulk cargo to many locations. This car advertises "Next Load, Any Road!"

• Olympic Vessels(International)free gate to the maritime markets: free access to all the maritime markets and maritime news.
• Aasen Shipping & Aasen Chartering (Norway) Homepage
• ALL-Transport A/S (Norway) Homepage
• American Steamship Company (United States) Homepage
• Canada Steamship Lines (Canada)
• Commercial Trading & Discount (Greece)
• Czech Ocean Shipping (Czech Republic)
• Daeyang Shipping (China - Greece - Japan)
• c(Canada)
• Gearbulk (Norway - Japan)
• M/S Fjordbulk (Norway)
• NOL Services (Singapore)
• OAM Coal Trade and Bulk Shipping (Germany)
• Österströms Rederi AB (Sweden)
• SMC Marine Services (Singapore)
• Samsun Logix (South Korea)
• The Skaarup Group (United States) Homepage
• Zhejiang Ocean Shipping Company (China)
• Losinjska Plovidba brodarstvo (Croatia) [1]

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Some major bulk ports

Large ports specializing in bulk cargo:

• Port of South Louisiana
• Port of Rotterdam

The Port of South Louisiana is the largest volume shipping port in the United States and fifth largest in the world(2003 World Port Rankings). ... Nickname: Motto: Sterker door strijd (Stronger through Struggle) Location of Rotterdam Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province South Holland Government  - Mayor Ivo Opstelten  - Aldermen Jeannette Baljeu Hamit Karakus Orhan Kaya Lucas Bolsius Jantine Kriens Dominic Schrijer Roelf de Boer Leonard Geluk Area [1]  - City 319 km²  (123. ...

See also

• World's busiest port
• Bigbag

The worlds busiest port is contested by several ports around the world, as there is as yet no standardised means of evaluating port performance and traffic. ...

External links

• Dry Cargo international

• (www.olympicvessels.com/Olympic Vessel's free gate to the maritime markets: free access to all the maritime markets and maritime news.