A major, new bulk storage and handling facility has opened at Berth 43 at the Port of Tilbury for long-term Forth Ports customer, Cefetra, one of the UK’s major traders of grains and animal feed raw materials.
In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Shipping Analysis Manager, Filipe Gouveia, looks at the drop in Panama Canal transits for bulkers and what it means for the sector going forward.
Ask any bulk terminal manager how much material is inside their silos, and they’ll likely check their conveyor scale logs. The problem? Scales only measure what goes in and out — not what actually stays inside...