dry bulk
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Containers and LNG carriers are fighting against tankers and dry bulk ships.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Star Bulk, another dry bulk shipper, has agreed to buy 16 Genco vessels for $470.5 million if Diana’s acquisition is successful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
According to Teodoro, the conflict is less of a systemic demand-and-supply shock than the pandemic, but it represents a persistent and potentially long-lasting disruption affecting all shipping segments — container, dry bulk and oil tanker.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
About a dozen ships are currently trapped in the port, Vice Admiral Peter Gautier told reporters, adding that the foreign-flagged vessels are "dry bulk carriers, car carriers and a number of maritime administration ships".
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2024
I cannot do the calculation, but I suppose there is almost as much of them in sheer dry bulk as there is the rest of me.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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