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For more than 100 years cargoes such as grain and coal have been shipped in bulk. However, in recent years there has been a marked development in the variety of bulk cargoes carried by sea and they now constitute a significant proportion of international sea borne trade.
Millions of tonnes of these cargoes – coals, concentrates, grains, fertilizers animal foodstuffs, minerals and ores – are shipped in bulk by sea every year While the vast majority of these shipments are made without incident, there have been a number of serious casualties which resulted not only in the loss of the ship but also in loss of life.