1.   Bulk cargo carriers, such as Federal Express, were advised by the Federal Aviation Administration to closely scrutinize all their shipments.

2.   But its implications are wider, involving the whole class of vessels known as bulk carriers.

3.   It applies to regularly scheduled shipping lines, not to oil tankers and bulk commodity carriers, which are not regulated and thus not affected by the new law.

4.   Its bulk carrier, Liu Lin Hai, called on the Port of Seattle in April that year.

5.   Last year, the company deployed seven container ships, one LNG carrier, one very large crude oil carrier, four bulk carriers and three car carriers.

6.   The bulk carriers include European Ferries, Stena Sealink and SNAT.

7.   The company has suffered from falling shipping rates and lack of interest in its specialized bulk carriers.

8.   The rest are a product tanker, a chemical tanker and a bulk carrier.

9.   A bulk carrier loaded with coal has run aground near an island in the Torres Strait off northeastern Australia, federal marine safety authorities said Sunday.

10.   A Liberian freighter sinks in the South China Sea early Thursday after colliding with a South Korean bulk carrier, maritime police say.