diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 638e0f8..f56cbe4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 - Table Loader: Improved conditional handling of "transformation" parameter
+- Table Loader: Improved status reporting and error logging in `BulkProcessor`
 
 ## 2024/09/19 v0.0.24
 - MongoDB Full: Refactor transformation subsystem to `commons-codec`
diff --git a/cratedb_toolkit/io/core.py b/cratedb_toolkit/io/core.py
index d793b89..157e1e6 100644
--- a/cratedb_toolkit/io/core.py
+++ b/cratedb_toolkit/io/core.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # TODO: Maybe refactor to `sqlalchemy-cratedb` or `commons-codec` on another iteration?
+import json
 import typing as t
 from functools import cached_property
 
@@ -120,14 +121,15 @@ def log_level(self):
 
     def start(self) -> BulkMetrics:
         # Acquire batches of documents, convert to SQL operations, and submit to CrateDB.
+        batch_count = 0
         for batch in self.data:
+            batch_count += 1
+            self.progress_bar and self.progress_bar.set_description("READ ")
             current_batch_size = len(batch)
-
-            self.progress_bar and self.progress_bar.set_description("ACQUIRE")
-
             try:
                 operation = self.batch_to_operation(batch)
             except Exception as ex:
+                self._metrics.count_error_total += current_batch_size
                 self.log_level(f"Computing query failed: {ex}")
                 if self.on_error == "raise":
                     raise
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ def start(self) -> BulkMetrics:
             statement = sa.text(operation.statement)
 
             # Submit operation to CrateDB, using `bulk_args`.
-            self.progress_bar and self.progress_bar.set_description("SUBMIT ")
+            self.progress_bar and self.progress_bar.set_description("WRITE")
             try:
                 cursor = self.connection.execute(statement=statement, parameters=operation.parameters)
                 self.connection.commit()
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ def start(self) -> BulkMetrics:
             # in order to relay proper error messages to the user.
             if failed_records:
                 logger.warning(
-                    f"Incomplete batch. Records processed: {count_success_local}/{current_batch_size}. "
+                    f"Incomplete batch #{batch_count}. Records processed: {count_success_local}/{current_batch_size}. "
                     f"Falling back to per-record operations."
                 )
                 for record in failed_records:
@@ -167,8 +169,8 @@ def start(self) -> BulkMetrics:
                         self.connection.commit()
                         self._metrics.count_success_total += 1
                     except Exception as ex:
-                        logger.warning(f"Operation failed: {ex}")
-                        logger.debug(f"Failing record: {record}")
+                        logger.error(f"Operation failed: {ex}")
+                        logger.debug(f"Invalid record:\n{json.dumps(record, indent=2)}")
                         self._metrics.count_error_total += 1
                         self._metrics.bytes_error_total += asizeof(record)
                         if self.on_error == "raise":
diff --git a/cratedb_toolkit/util/cli.py b/cratedb_toolkit/util/cli.py
index f5ebc3e..17d27b0 100644
--- a/cratedb_toolkit/util/cli.py
+++ b/cratedb_toolkit/util/cli.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def boot_click(ctx: click.Context, verbose: bool = False, debug: bool = False):
         log_level = logging.DEBUG
 
     # Setup logging, according to `verbose` / `debug` flags.
-    setup_logging(level=log_level, verbose=verbose)
+    setup_logging(level=log_level, verbose=verbose, debug=debug)
 
 
 def split_list(value: str, delimiter: str = ",") -> t.List[str]:
diff --git a/cratedb_toolkit/util/common.py b/cratedb_toolkit/util/common.py
index c5aaa6e..9ab9cd1 100644
--- a/cratedb_toolkit/util/common.py
+++ b/cratedb_toolkit/util/common.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2023, Crate.io Inc.
 # Distributed under the terms of the AGPLv3 license, see LICENSE.
 import logging
+import os
 
 import colorlog
 from colorlog.escape_codes import escape_codes
 
+from cratedb_toolkit.util.data import asbool
 
-def setup_logging(level=logging.INFO, verbose: bool = False, width: int = 36):
+
+def setup_logging(level=logging.INFO, verbose: bool = False, debug: bool = False, width: int = 36):
     reset = escape_codes["reset"]
     log_format = f"%(asctime)-15s [%(name)-{width}s] %(log_color)s%(levelname)-8s:{reset} %(message)s"
 
@@ -15,14 +18,25 @@ def setup_logging(level=logging.INFO, verbose: bool = False, width: int = 36):
 
     logging.basicConfig(format=log_format, level=level, handlers=[handler])
 
-    # Enable SQLAlchemy logging.
-    if verbose:
-        logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy").setLevel(level)
-
     logging.getLogger("crate.client").setLevel(level)
     logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy_cratedb").setLevel(level)
     logging.getLogger("urllib3.connectionpool").setLevel(level)
 
+    # Enable SQLAlchemy logging.
+    if verbose:
+        logging.getLogger("cratedb_toolkit").setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+    if debug:
+        # Optionally tame SQLAlchemy and PyMongo.
+        if asbool(os.environ.get("DEBUG_SQLALCHEMY")):
+            logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy").setLevel(level)
+        else:
+            logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy").setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        if asbool(os.environ.get("DEBUG_PYMONGO")):
+            logging.getLogger("pymongo").setLevel(level)
+        else:
+            logging.getLogger("pymongo").setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
     # logging.getLogger("docker.auth").setLevel(logging.INFO)  # noqa: ERA001
 
     # Tame Faker spamming the logs.