Iron ore loading and discharge operations

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Self-Unloading
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway
Chantal Picard
Vice-President, Commercial, Canada
+1 514 982 3887 Chantal.Picard@cslships.com
The Americas and Caribbean
Henrik Friis
Vice-President, Commercial, Americas and Pool
+1 978 299 1011 Henrik.Friis@cslships.com
Australia and Asia
Allen Dobie
Vice-President, Commercial, Australia and Asia
+61 2 9432 7509 Allen.Dobie@cslships.com
Africa and Europe
Jakob Hansen
Senior Vice-President, Commercial and Transhipment
+44 77 7190 5901 Jakob.Hansen@cslships.com
CSL is the world’s largest owner and operator of gravity self-unloading vessels. Our highly-diversified fleet of self-unloaders offers exceptional value, speed, versatility and efficiency as part of a sustainable supply chain for our customers.
The rapid discharge rate of our self-unloading ships and their reduced infrastructure and labour requirements make this bulk cargo handling option an effective and cost-competitive solution that helps keep costs down and minimize environmental impacts.
We Like a Challenge
Our self-unloaders are called on to perform unique cargo deliveries for clients all over the world. Our ship and shore teams work collaboratively to deliver high-capacity and environmentally-sound solutions that get the job done safely and efficiently. Most CSL self-unloader can also be easily upgraded to perform transhipment services.
Number one
We are the world’s largest owner-operator of self-unloaders in the world
Sustainable and flexible
Our self-unloading ships deliver high-capacity and sustainable solutions to our customers
Award winning
MV Nukumi and MV Baie St. Paul were named the IBJ Ship of the Year and the Royal Institution of Naval Artchitects’ Significant Ship of the Year in 2022 and 2012 respectively
How Does a Self-Unloader Work?
Our highly diversified self-unloader fleet features a wide range of technologies and solutions, and our gravity-fed self-unloaders are the mainstay of our operations around the world. We are renowned for our loop belt gravity-fed technology featured in this video.
Advantages and Applications
