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Iron ore spot freight rates spike 163% to lift capesize earnings

As the average length of the journey increases, partly due to port congestions in China, soaking up capacity and pushing up spot rates, shipowners...

Record volumes push US container ports up in global rankings: Alphaliner

The busiest US container ports are moving up the global rankings amid record import volumes, but the deluge of cargoes continues to exceed capacity...

Strong domestic demand sees US oil product imports growing

Recovering demand for US oil products has caused a 25.9% rise in US seaborne imports of oil products in the first seven months of...

Clarksons Research: Offshore Review & Outlook

The Clarksons Research semi-annual review and outlook of the offshore and energy markets, Offshore Review and Outlook, has been released. While offshore oil and...

BIMCO: Chinese coal imports from Australia drop 98.6% as restrictions bite

In the first seven months of the year Chinese coal imports from Australia have totalled just 780,000 tonnes as Chinese restrictions on Australian coal...

S. Korean refiners slash Middle East crudes to chase margins, low-carbon feed

The share of Middle Eastern crude in South Korea’s 2021 refinery feedstock import basket could fall to the lowest level in more than three...

Dry bulk: profits surge to multi-year highs as pandemic related demand & disruptions linger

Heading into the seasonally strongest part of the year, dry bulk owners have already enjoyed a very profitable year with the temporary factors helping...

Drewry: Port Throughput Down 2.2% During June

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 235...

BIMCO – Chinese iron ore imports fall to 14-month low in July

Chines iron ore imports fell to 88.5 million tonnes in July, the lowest level since May 2020. The fall in July means that accumulated...

BIMCO: Are we looking at the next dry bulk super cycle? Is it even a cycle?

Throughout the first half of the year, talk of a new dry bulk super cycle has been on many lips as commodity prices have...

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Diana Shipping urges Genco Shipping & Trading shareholders to tender their shares by Friday, July 10

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Hormuz traffic slows to multi-week low as renewed US, Iran strikes raise safety risk

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Foreship unveils RoRo ferry concept tailored to Greek ferry market

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Hapag-Lloyd uses shore power in the Port of Hamburg

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PPA S.A.: Gross dividend of 1.896 euros per share approved

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