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Bauxite cargoes, trade update

Posted on: Tuesday 27th of March 2012 11:02 By: Jeroen Ebbeling , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.

INTRODUCTION

Recent alarming developments in respect of the carriage of Bauxite.  We have learned from various industry sources that a number of vessels carrying bulk cargo consignments of bauxite, loaded in Brazil, have experienced cargo liquefaction problems after loading.

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Nickel Ore

Posted on: Monday 5th of March 2012 10:45 By: Jeroen Ebbeling , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.

INTRODUCTION.

Nickel is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. It is one of the four elements that are ferromagnetic around room temperature, the other three being iron, cobalt and gadolinium....

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Potash fertilizer do's and don'ts ?

Posted on: Wednesday 17th of August 2011 13:23 By: Jeroen Ebbeling , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.

Potash fertilizer

Potash is the common name for various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form. In some rare cases, potash can be formed with traces of organic materials such as plant remains. Potash is produced worldwide at amounts exceeding 30 million...

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How long do containers float for?

Posted on: Monday 4th of April 2011 13:56 By: Harm de Haan , BMT De Beer b.v.
How long do containers float for? The dangers of floating shipping containers cast adrift or lost overboard from ships in the ocean are often discussed in newspapers or on the television. Instead of coming from the container shipping community, the comments often come from the environmental sector...
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Nickel Ore

Posted on: Thursday 17th of February 2011 16:24 By: Jeroen Ebbeling , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.

Topics in this circular are: mining and trade, IMSBC Code, the Carriage and Prior to Loading.

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Ship stowage of steel coils

Posted on: Thursday 30th of September 2010 12:21 By: Jeroen Ebbeling , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.
Ship stowage of steel coils

Steel sheet in coils is predominantly carried in "face stow", i.e. with the winding axis of the coil lying in the longitudinal axis of the ship. Gaps may be avoided in the direction of the coil axis for example by using C hooks, coil lifters or forklift...

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Intended use of steel coils

Posted on: Thursday 30th of September 2010 12:20 By: Jeroen Ebbeling , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.
Intended use of steel coils

Hot-rolled steel is used e.g. for the manufacture of pipes, steel doors and tanks or is further processed into cold-rolled steel.

Much cold-rolled steel is processed in the automotive industry, but some is also used in the manufacture of household goods...

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Steel coils

Posted on: Thursday 30th of September 2010 12:17 By: Jeroen Ebbeling , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.
Steel coils Hot-rolled sheet in coil form is produced from semifinished products (slabs or billets), which are reduced to certain thicknesses by rolling and annealing and wound into a roll.

Cold-rolled sheet in coil form is produced by removing rust from hot-rolled sheet by "pickling...

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The Carriage of DRI and the Changes to the IMO Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargo

Posted on: Monday 22nd of March 2010 18:54 By: Pieterjan Brands , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.

 There are concerns of the  carriage of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) by sea caused by the casualties on board of the Ythan (an explosion and the tragic loss of life in 2004) and the Adamandas (sinking with the cargo and bunkers on board in 2003).

The IMO Sub-Committee on Dangerous...
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Soya beans and soya bean meal

Posted on: Friday 15th of May 2009 12:24 By: Jeroen Ebbeling , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.

Soya beans are one of the major cargoes shipped around the world. They consist chemically of about 20% oil, 45% protein, 5-7% fibre together with various carbohydrates. They are used for the manufacture of two principal products; Soya bean oil and Soya bean meal, the latter being the product...

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