Bulker Ocean Winner Sinks in Eight Minutes off India, 22 Crew Missing
The Panama-flagged bulker Ocean Winner took a list and went under in about eight minutes in the Bay of Bengal; two of her 24 crew have been rescued and 22 are still missing.
Baltic Dry Index Snaps Two-Session Slide as Capesize Earnings Climb
The Baltic Exchange's main dry bulk index rose 15 points to 2,791 as capesize gains outweighed a weakening panamax market and softer iron ore futures.
Iron Ore Port Workers Stage First Major Stoppage In Twenty-Five Years
About 150 workers staged a two-day stoppage over pay at the world's largest bulk export port, the first major industrial action there in twenty-five years.
Strike threat hangs over exports from world's largest bulk export port
Industrial action is threatened at Port Hedland in Western Australia, the world's largest bulk export terminal, where around 450 BHP workers have been bargaining over a new enterprise agreement for some eight months.
Pilbara Ports passes 800m tonnes for the first time
Pilbara Ports has moved 804.1 million tonnes of cargo in the 2025-26 financial year, passing the 800 million tonne mark for the first time and up from 775.7 million tonnes a year earlier.
First of a new self-unloader class delivered for the Guinea iron ore trade
A Chinese yard has delivered the first of a new class of transshipment self-unloaders for Guinea's iron ore trade.
China Merchants lines up a $728m order for six giant ore carriers
A major Chinese owner has lined up six very large ore carriers in a deal worth up to about $728m.
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