Easy loading for world’s largest ore carriers

‘Vale Brasil’, the largest ore carrier afloat, features DNV’s EL-2 (easy loading) voluntary class notation

This year’s unfolding of the record-breaking programme of ore carrier construction instigated by Brazilian mining group Vale pushes back the bounds as regards bulk cargo transport economics and scale efficiencies, writes David Tinsley.

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