Howard Woodie McDuffie serves as the vice president of KAG Logistics in North Canton, Ohio, where he develops marketing plans for the company’s truck-to-train transportation business. Having enjoyed a long career in logistics, Howard Woodie McDuffie maintains a professional interest in global trade and dry bulk distribution.
Dry bulk distribution refers to commodities that are too large to be transported in separate containers. Instead, they are conveyed in the cargo holds of bulk carrier ships, which comprise some 40 percent of the world’s merchant fleet. These vessels carry unprocessed goods such as coal, grains, or metals. These items fall into the major bulk category, which accounts for about two-thirds of bulk shipping. Ships also move minor bulk commodities, such as steel, sugars, and cement.
The trade of these materials requires some of the largest vessels afloat. Although they come in many sizes, these ships can be as much as 1,122 feet long (which is the bow-to-stern measure of the merchant ship Berge Stahl).
Bulk carriers are classified by geographical and port size factors. For example, handymax and handysize vessels can be docked at smaller ports. At the other end of the size scale are Panamax ships, whose size is relative to the width the Panana Canal. Carriers too large for the canal must detour around Cape Horn, giving rise to the Capesize designation.
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Much Overseas Raw Materials Shipping Depends on Dry Bulk Carriers
1. Much Overseas Raw Materials Shipping Depends on Dry Bulk Carriers
Howard Woodie McDuffie
2. Introduction
Howard Woodie McDuffie serves as the vice president of KAG Logistics in North Canton, Ohio,
where he develops marketing plans for the company’s truck-to-train transportation business.
Having enjoyed a long career in logistics, Howard Woodie McDuffie maintains a professional
interest in global trade and dry bulk distribution.
3. Dry bulk distribution refers to commodities that are too large to be transported in
separate containers. Instead, they are conveyed in the cargo holds of bulk carrier ships,
which comprise some 40 percent of the world’s merchant fleet. These vessels carry
unprocessed goods such as coal, grains, or metals. These items fall into the major bulk
category, which accounts for about two-thirds of bulk shipping. Ships also move minor
bulk commodities, such as steel, sugars, and cement.
4. The trade of these materials requires some of the largest vessels afloat. Although they
come in many sizes, these ships can be as much as 1,122 feet long (which is the bow-to-
stern measure of the merchant ship Berge Stahl).
Bulk carriers are classified by geographical and port size factors. For example, handymax
and handysize vessels can be docked at smaller ports. At the other end of the size scale
are Panamax ships, whose size is relative to the width the Panana Canal. Carriers too
large for the canal must detour around Cape Horn, giving rise to the Capesize
designation.
