'Bulk cargo' is cargo that is unpacked (un-bundled or un-bound) and is of the same or a similar kind or nature (homogeneous). These cargos are usually dropped or poured, with a spout or shovel bucket, as a liquid or solid, into a
bulk carrier's hold,
railroad car, or
tanker truck/
trailer/
semi-trailer body. Bulk cargos are classified as
liquid or
dry.
The largest
bulk carrier cargo
ship in the world is the
iron ore carrier
Berge Stahl, weighing a massive 364,768
dead-weight-tons (metric).
The busiest bulk cargo port in the world is the
New Orleans-area based
Port of South Louisiana.
Dry bulk cargos
★
coal
★
grain (
wheat,
maize,
rice,
barley,
oats,
rye,
sorghum,
soybeans, etc.)
★
iron ore (
ferrous & non-ferrous
ores,
ferroalloys,
pig iron,
scrap metal, etc.)
★
bauxite
★
wood chips
★
cement
★
chemicals (
fertilizer,
plastic &
pellets,
resin powder,
synthetic fiber, etc.)
★
dry edibles (for
animals or
humans:
alfalfa pellets,
citrus pellets,
livestock feed,
flour,
peanuts, raw or
refined sugar,
seeds,
starches, etc.)
★ bulk
mine (
sand &
gravel,
copper,
iron, (
ores in
pellet form) ,
salt, etc.)
Liquid bulk cargos
★
oil
★
liquefied natural gas (LNG)
★
gasoline
★
chemicals
★
liquid edibles (
vegetable oil,
cooking oil,
fruit juices, etc.)
Some bulk shipping companies

Railcars can ship any bulk cargo to many locations. This car advertises "Next Load, Any Road!"
★ Aasen Shipping & Aasen Chartering (Norway)
Homepage
★ ALL-Transport A/S (Norway)
Homepage
★ American Steamship Company (United States)
Homepage
★
Canada Steamship Lines (Canada)
★ Commercial Trading & Discount (Greece)
★ Czech Ocean Shipping (Czech Republic)
★ Daeyang Shipping (China - Greece - Japan)
★ c(Canada)
★ Gearbulk (Norway - Japan)
★ M/S Fjordbulk (Norway)
★ NOL Services (Singapore)
★ OAM Coal Trade and Bulk Shipping (Germany)
★ Österströms Rederi AB (Sweden)
★ SMC Marine Services (Singapore)
★ Samsun Logix (South Korea)
★ The Skaarup Group (United States)
Homepage
★ Zhejiang Ocean Shipping Company (China)
★ Losinjska Plovidba brodarstvo (Croatia)
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Some major bulk ports
Large ports specializing in bulk cargo:
★
Port of South Louisiana
★
Port of Rotterdam
See also
★
World's busiest port
★
Bigbag
External links
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Dry Cargo international
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The Powder and Bulk Channel