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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Analysis
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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August 19, 2019
The trade war has brought increased attention to the soya bean trade between the US and China with 2019 offering conflicting narratives. On one hand,...
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July 26, 2019
Confronting the first crisis of his premiership, Boris Johnson must decide what to do about the Stena Impero, the British oil tanker being held by...
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July 9, 2019
In this week’s analysis, we again update shipping’s mid-year report, reviewing progress across a range of shipping sector “subjects”. (more…)
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June 28, 2019
April was a disappointing month for the crude oil shipping industry with a dramatic fall in US crude oil exports which caused tonne mile demand...
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June 24, 2019
VLCC spot freight rates between the Arabian Gulf and China rose 101% in the days between 13 June 2019 and 20 June 2019, in the...
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June 13, 2019
BIMCO Shipping Market Analysis – Tankers: While we wait for 2020 to kick in, it’s all about politics
Iran, Libya and Venezuela face export limitations because of sanctions and internal political troubles. At the same time, US exports of crude oil are growing...
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June 13, 2019
As weak demand growth is forecasted for the coming quarters, the container shipping industry is set to return to negative margins. (more…)
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June 4, 2019
2018 can be viewed as the year of pivotal climate action when the world started demanding change. (more…)
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May 28, 2019
A fresh annual report from the International Maritime Bureau shows that attacks in West Africa helped push piracy numbers up in 2018. In terms of...
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May 27, 2019
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations set to take effect in 2020 have sparked mountains of research on the expected costs for the energy and...
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May 24, 2019
In March 2019, the global container port throughput index bounced back to a level of 130.2 points after experiencing more than 17 points decline in...
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