CAPACITY BOOST FOR EUROPEAN STONE TRADE

Destined for the north European aggregates trade, the second of two 40,700dwt gravity self-unloading bulk carriers ordered by a German-Canadian joint venture is being readied in China, writes David Tinsley.

Volume short-sea transporter of aggregate, the Starnes. (credit: Mibau-Stema).

Destined for the north European aggregates trade, the second of two 40,700dwt gravity self-unloading bulk carriers ordered by a German-Canadian joint venture is being readied in China, writes David Tinsley.