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Bulk carrier to go where others cannot

AUSTRALIA’S National Ports Corporation and German engineer ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions have developed a purpose-built Super Shallow Draft Bulk Carrier with a self-loading and unloading facility in a bid to improve tonnage throughput in the iron ore industry.

Karma Barndon
The new super shallow draft bulk carrier can be loaded directly from the land side via shore conveyors.

The new super shallow draft bulk carrier can be loaded directly from the land side via shore conveyors.

The bulk carrying solution could boost the world’s largest bulk export port Port Hedland’s capacity by 70% without any capital expenditure, additional dredging or adjustments to existing materials handling...

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