It was only five years ago, but it feels like a different era. Roger Agnelli, the then chief executive of Vale, the Brazilian mining company, had just taken delivery of the first of an order of 35 Valemax ships, the biggest dry bulk carriers ever built. The vessels, bought primarily to ship iron ore to a voracious China, were so large that each one could carry iron ore sufficient for the steel to build the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco three times over.
那只是短短5年前,却感觉像是另一个时代。时任巴西矿业公司淡水河谷(Vale)首席执行官的罗杰•阿涅利(Roger Agnelli),刚刚收取35艘Valemax货船订单中的首批货船。Valemax货船是有史以来建造的最大干散货船。购买这些货船主要是为了将铁矿石运送到需求旺盛的manbetx3.0 ,它们的载货量十分庞大,每一艘货船运送的铁矿石所制成的钢铁,都足以建造3座旧金山金门大桥。