January 21, 2020
At least $1 trillion of investment in new fuel technology is needed to enable the shipping industry to meet U.N. targets for cuts in carbon...
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Opinion
January 3, 2020
The implementation of low sulfur bunker fuel regulations on January 1 could result in changed market structures for clean and dirty tankers in 2020 as...
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December 20, 2019
One of the most worrying trends that has developed recently - which will affect shipping demand in the years to come - is the falling...
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December 16, 2019
Moody’s Investors Service said Friday it retained a negative outlook on US thermal coal markets in 2020 based on stiffer competition in the generation stack...
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December 9, 2019
At the time when the product tanker market is gearing for a rise in freight rates after the implementation of the IMO 2020 regulation, the...
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December 3, 2019
Underlying vessel operating cost inflation accelerated moderately in 2019 on higher repair & maintenance and insurance spend, while looking ahead costs are expected to continue...
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November 25, 2019
Chinese steel production dropped by one million (1m) tonnes, a decline of 1.2%, compared to October last year. China produced 81m tonnes of crude steel...
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October 31, 2019
The trade war and China’s economic shift made 2018 a tough year for global shipping and will continue to reverberate through the industry, according to...
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October 21, 2019
Delivered tonnage of crude oil tankers have grown by +37%, whereas total fleet demolitions for 2019 have slumped to the lowest in a decade with...
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October 11, 2019
Combined soya bean exports from Brazil and the US are down 7.8% in the first eight months of this year, as the main Brazilian soya...
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October 7, 2019
Shipping association Bimco has submitted a new proposal on regulating ships’ power to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) working group. (more…)
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September 19, 2019
Demand drivers and freight rates: Rising geo-political tensions have led to disruptions to the tanker shipping industry and all other ships trading in the Persian...
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September 19, 2019
BIMCO expects the fundamental market balance to deteriorate in 2019 which will do nothing to improve freight rates as the 2020 sulphur cap nears. (more…)
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September 12, 2019
The Korean shipbuilding industry took first place for the fourth consecutive month, winning 74 percent of the world’s shipbuilding orders in August. (more…)
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August 28, 2019
The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220 ports...
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