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Introduction To Cement Carriers

Cement carriers are specialized ships that transport cement and related materials like fly ash and slag. Around 300 cement carriers globally transport over 25 million tonnes of cement internationally each year, with another 50-60 million tonnes moved domestically. Cement carriers can load by gravity or pressure and self-discharge using their own pumps and compressors. The largest fleet trades in Japanese coastal waters, while cement producers and affiliated owners control over two-thirds of the global fleet. Cement carriers range in size but most are around 8,200 deadweight tons on average and trade globally.

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Introduction To Cement Carriers

Cement carriers are specialized ships that transport cement and related materials like fly ash and slag. Around 300 cement carriers globally transport over 25 million tonnes of cement internationally each year, with another 50-60 million tonnes moved domestically. Cement carriers can load by gravity or pressure and self-discharge using their own pumps and compressors. The largest fleet trades in Japanese coastal waters, while cement producers and affiliated owners control over two-thirds of the global fleet. Cement carriers range in size but most are around 8,200 deadweight tons on average and trade globally.

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Introduction to Cement Carriers

by Simon Cox & Dimitris Georgantis


Howe Robinson Shipbrokers

New Cement Carrier


M/V Antigua built 2012

Carry 3 commodities - Cement, Fly Ash, GGBS

Cement Shipment Data

Of the 3.7 billion tonnes of cement annually produced, only about


150/160 million tonnes is exported, in either cement or clinker
form, of which we estimate only around 25 million tonnes moved
on cement carriers.

About another 50/60 million metric tonnes of cement moves by


cement carrier per annum on domestic trades i.e. Coastal Japan,
Indonesia, Greece, Korea, India, Philippines etc. so not figuring
in the international trade data

Fly ash and granulated slag are small but growing markets for
these ships.

Pneumatic Cement Carrier


Loads by gravity or by
pressure from silo
Self discharge by own
compressors and pumps
by flexible hose to silo
No weather delays
Able load WC India during the monsoon!
No stevedoring / labour costs

Mechanical to silo trucks

Cement carrier discharges from holds, via its own bulk boom direct to a
cement silo truck or hopper. Ideal for moving bulk direct to readymix.

Bulk Carriers with a Twist!

There are 10 such bulk carriers, from 4,000 to 41,000 dwt.


Pictured is the smallest and youngest one, Malta Cement.
They have conventional hatches, but are able to self-discharge
with closed hatch covers via specialist equipment.
Trading Baltic, Med and PG. They can carry other bulk cargoes.

Cement Carrier Headline Data


Over 2,000 Dwt

The total fleet of cement carriers (mechanical & pneumatic combined)


> 2,000 dwt excl. Great Lakes traders is around 300 vessels

Average age 24 years old

Average age when demolished 33 years old

Average deadweight 8,200 dwt (the largest is 28,500 dwt)

We estimate an current utilisation rate of c.95%

Cement Carrier Ownership


By Company Type on Total Dwt of Vessels
Banks
2%

Govt
1%

Cement Traders
9%

Independent
Owners
25%
Affiliated
Owners
37%
Cement
Producers
31%

Roughly 19% of the dwt


owned by Cement
Producers is owned by the
Big 4 International
Cement Companies
(Lafarge, Holcim,
Heidelberg, Cemex)

Cement Carrier Trading Areas


January 2014 - Over 2,000 dwt

Japanese Coastal

76

Indonesian Coastal

49

Korean Coastal

34 (incl. 14 on Korea/Japan)

Indian Ocean

28

Vietnam Coastal

Other Far East Trades

27

Australia/NZ

Americas (excl Lakes)

17

North Cont/Baltic

26

Med i/c Canaries/W.Africa

32

Thank You
Howe Robinson Cement Carrier Team

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