It’s the question on everyone’s mind: how best to deal with the IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap regulations? With just over 18 months to go until the deadline, decisions need to be made on capital investments for scrubbers and new builds now. Trafigura recently…
BunkerEx: Our View on 2020 (Hint, say NO to scrubbers, for now…) Read More »
What will the future bring? Overall demand growth is expected to be lower than in 2017, but still high enough to potentially improve the fundamental market balance. Demand Having experienced falling freight rates from August to year-end in 2017, most l…
Container Shipping: A Year Where Fleet Growth And Demand Growth Are The Same Read More »
The freight market for VLCCs has continued to remain unimpressive. According to the latest weekly report from shipbroker Gibson, there was “no improvement for previously sliding VLCCs….a slow week as Charterer’s proceeded to gently close out the …
Early Month Activity the Hope for a VLCC Rebound Read More »
Greater regulatory certainty and a burgeoning bunkering infrastructure worldwide means the conditions couldn’t be better for LNG-fuelled vessels to set sail, says Cristina Saenz de Santa Maria, Regional Manager South East Asia, Pacific & India, DNV…
Conditions right for LNG to set sail Read More »
Capesize Sentiment gathered momentum during the week and rates for the main C5 route improved over $1 to currently stand at almost $6.40, with market talk of fixtures, perhaps around $6.50 level, not yet substantiated. Whilst there has been a lack of t…
Dry Bulk: Capesize Market Gathers Momentum Read More »