April 5, 2018
A slight spur of hope for better times as we approached Easter. (more…)
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March 21, 2018
President’s Trump administration proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in an attempt to target China and Europe among others. (more…)
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February 14, 2018
The second month of the year is traditionally a particularly interesting one for the shipping industry as a whole and even more importantly for the...
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February 6, 2018
Yet another week with low activity has been recorded in the VLCC market ex Meg as the ‘free-volumes’ are struggling to find their way into...
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January 31, 2018
Days before the celebrations of the Lunar New Year, the dry bulk market seems to be holding well, against negative predictions. (more…)
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December 13, 2017
The latest Weekly Market report [W49] by Intermodal notes the sale of the “HYUNDAI SAMHO S813” (113,284 dwt - blt ‘18, S. Korea), which was...
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December 6, 2017
Moving towards the end of 2017, we are facing a relatively slack period of business in the ship repair sector. (more…)
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November 23, 2017
China consumes more than two-thirds of the global seaborne iron ore market and at the same time produces as much steel as the rest of...
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November 22, 2017
Product tankers trading in the Far East are having a better second half of 2017 relative to the first half, and on average, have outperformed...
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November 15, 2017
For another week, oil seems to be the most volatile and interesting commodity to watch. (more…)
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November 10, 2017
The VLCC market remained flat during the last week for modern tonnage as charterers focused more on older units, ex dd, no sire etc willing...
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October 11, 2017
With the majority of second - hand tonnage transactions taking place in the dry bulk sector it’s easy to lose sight of what is happening...
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October 5, 2017
After weeks with very soft rates for the VLCCs, the steady demand in both Caribbean, West Africa and MEG has resulted in thinner tonnage-lists. (more…)
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August 2, 2017
During the duration of the first half of the year the dry bulk market saw intense buying interest that boosted SnP prices significantly. (more…)
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