Dry Cargo

With Clipper Group ceo Peter Norburg leaving the group to head up Swire Bulk the Danish Shipping company has promoted Amrit Peter Kalsi to the top role.

Former Clipper Group ceo Peter Norburg is to take the helm at China Navigation Co’s (CNCo) newly separated dry bulk shipping Swire Bulk.

Chilean dry bulk shipping company Naviera Chilena del Pacifico (Nachipa), is opening its first European office in Hamburg as it moves to an asset-light business model.

Scorpio Bulkers has sold a kamsarmax bulker for $18m as it looks to transition it business to offshore wind.

A total of 17 crew members from the bulker Patricia Oldendorff off Port Hedland, Western Australia, have now tested positive for Covid-19.

A Covid-19 cluster has been found onboard the bulker Patricia Oldendorff in the port of Pilbara Western Australia.

The northeast Chinese port of Dalian and the miner Rio Tinto have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for port & logistics cooperation and developing a transhipment hub to blend iron ore locally.

OSM Maritime is set to acquire SeaTeam Management the ship management arm of John Fredriksen’s Frontline and Golden Ocean.

With the resumption of production and work amid Covid-19 pandemic, shipowners in China are seeing the improvement in business, however, crew change has become a major concern.

Xiamen ITG Group Corporation plans to purchase 100% stake equity of Baodarun (Xiamen) Investment from its controlling shareholder ITG Holding to grow its dry bulk shipping business development.