Commodities Transported By Sea

Dinesh Gautama

Major Commodities moved by Sea

Dry Bulk• Coal• Ores• Bauxite• Alumina• Grain• Sulphur• Phosphates

Bulk Oils• Crude Oils• Petroleum products• Vegetable Oils• Liquid Chemicals

Loading Ports for Coal - 1Country Port Country Port

Australia Abbot Point China Qinhuangdao

Brisbane Rizhao

Dalrymple Xingang

Gladstone Columbia Cienaga

Gladstone Puerto Bolivar

Hay point Puerto Prodeco

Newcastle Egypt El Arish

Port Kembla Mozambique Maputo

Canada Prince Rupert New Zealand Lyttleton

Sydney (NS) Russia Vostochny

Vancouver Venezuela Maracaibo

Loading Ports for Coal - 2Country Port Country Port

Indonesia Balikpapan Poland Gdansk (North)

Banjarmasin Gydnia

Bengkulu Swinoujscle

Pulao Laut South Africa Durban

Tanah Merah Richards Bay

Tanjung Bara USA Baltimore

Telok Bayer (Padang) Hampton Roads

Mississippi River

Mobile

Long Beach

Los Angeles

Loading Ports for OresCountry Port Country Port

Australia Cape Lambert (Port Walcott)

Brazil Ponta da Madeira (Itaqui)

Groote Island (Miner Bay) Gualba Island (Sepetiba Bay)

Dampier Ponta do Ubu

Port Hedland Tubarao

Venezuela Puerto Ordaz Macapa (Santana)

Palua South Africa Saldahna Bay

Canada Port Cartier Port Elizabeth

Seven Islands Peru San Nicolas

Chile Chanarai India Chennai

Huasco Vizag

Norway Narvik Paradeep

Mauritania Nouadhibou Marmagao

About bauxite and alumina

• Aluminum is derived from bauxite, its ore. Australia and Guinea have 50% of the world reserve. Brazil and India also have good reserves.

• Bauxite is a more general term for a piece of rock made of oxides of hydrated aluminum. It is the primary ore of alumina, which is used to make the actual aluminum.

Loading Ports for Alumina/BauxiteCountry Port Country Port

Australia Bunbury Indonesia Bintan

Gladstone India Marmagao

Gove Vizag

Kwinana Italy Porto Vesme

Weipa Guinea Conakry

Brazil Trombetas Port Kamsar

Vila do Conde Dominican Republic Cabo Rojo

Canada Port Alfred Jamaica Port Esquivel

Eire Aughinish Port Kaiser

Germany Stade Port Rhoades

Ghana Takoradi Rocky Point

Surinam Paranam Trinidad Chaguaramas

Venezuela Matanzas

Loading Ports for SulphurCountry Port Country Port

Bahrain Manama Poland Gdansk

Canada Vancouver Saudi Arabia Jubail

France Bayonne Rabigh

Iran Bandar Imam Khomeini Ukraine Mariupol

Kuwait Shuaiba Yuzhny

USA Stockton

Long Beach

What are grains?

• Grain includes one of the following:-(1) Wheat(2) Maize(3) Oats(4) Rye(5) Barley(6) Rice(7) Pulses(8) Seeds

Loading Ports for Grains - 1Country Port Country Port

Argentina Bahia Blanca Canada Churchill

Buenos Aires Halifax (NS)

River Parana Ports St.John (NB)

Australia Adelaide Vancouver

Albany Canada (St.Lawrence) Baie Comeau

Brisbane Montreal

Fremantle Port Cartier

Geelong Sorel

Newcastle Three Rivers

Geraldton France Rouen

South Africa Durban

East London

Loading Ports for Grains - 2Country Port Country Port

Great Lakes (Canada) Thunder Bay USA

Great Lakes (USA) Chicago

Detroit

Duluth

Milwaukee

Toledo

Global Tanker Fleet

• As of June 2010, the world tanker fleet comprises 3,713 vessels with another 863 on order. Of these, 841 vessels (plus 147 on order) are Aframaxes and 368 vessels (plus 134 on order) are Suezmaxes.

Oil Tankers