WAKEFIELD (US) – According to a recent series of studies from Flow Research, the market for ultrasonic meters totaled $632 million in 2011, and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.6 percent through 2016.
LONG BEACH (US) – Dry bulk shippers have struggled mightily in recent years. Dry bulk shipping rates bottomed in 2012-2013 with rates below operational costs. Multiple shippers, including Excel Maritime and STX Pan Ocean have filed for bankruptcy. In 1973 tankers hit bottom but shipping rates for tankers remained low until the mid 1990s Dry…
AMSTERDAM (NL) – The ports of Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Beverwijk and Zaanstad closed the year 2012 with a 1.6% rise in transhipment. Total transhipment amounted to some 95 million tonnes, according to the provisional figures. Despite the challenging economic environment, the port region along the North Sea Canal transhipped more raw materials and goods and achieved a…
AMSTERDAM (NL) – The Amsterdam Port Area, consisting of the ports along the North Sea Canal Area, ended the first half of 2012 with a 1 percent increase in transhipment activities. For the period up to July 2012, the port region had a total transhipment volume of 46.6 million tonnes. These results – the final interim…
