The handymax bulk carrier, TQ Samsun, left Odessa on Sunday morning and is the last ship – at least for the moment – to carry Ukraine grain exports across the Black Sea, through the Bosphorus, and then onto heavily reliant world markets.
Dalian-based Hengli Heavy Industry has inked a shipbuilding contract with Sea Traders, owned by major Greek shipowner George Procopiou, for the construction of 10 Kamsarmax bulk carriers.