A bulk carrier, bulk freighter, or colloquially, bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to Then, to guide the cargo through the small hatches, wooden feeders and shifting . Carriers of this size are almost always designed to carry iron ore.

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As the name suggests, these ships are often used to move cargo to and from China along several trade routes, such as the iron ore route from Brazil to China. 31 Jul 2008 Capesize: Refers to a rather ill-defined standard which have the serve deepwater terminals handling raw materials, such as iron ore and coal Bulk Carriers: As their name implies, these vessels mainly carry bulk cargoes (like coal, iron ore, grains, minerals etc) while it is not uncommon general cargoes Bulk carriers come in all sizes, from the smallest ships of only a few hundred tons Primarily used for carrying dry cargo such as iron ore, coal, cement, finished ucts and major dry bulk (iron ore, grains, coal, bauxite / alumina and phosphates) . The Ultramax is basically a Supramax with a ship-length. 10 meters longer.2 Aug 2011 Size matters and scale economies count in every form of shipping The main iron ore ports in the world in Australia, South America, South 11 Oct 2013 Cargo vessels range in size from the handysize carriers (10,000 along several trade routes, such as the iron ore route from Brazil to China. 22 Feb 2018 Ore carriers, especially very large ore carriers or vlocs exceeding 300000 Three-quarters of the total deadweight capacity, in the vessel size range in the South Atlantic en route from Brazil to China with a cargo of iron ore.