The capesize bulker BAO GUO set a new record at Antwerp Bulk Terminal (Sea-Invest) in April when it docked and unloaded 163,106t of coal in the Delwaide dock. This is the biggest single load ever landed at the port.
The BAO GUO, with a length of 300m and beam of 50m, took on its load at South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal and required a tidal window on the Scheldt of 15.5m....
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