Capesize It was a week of mixed route performance in the Capesize market. Following a positive close on Friday, the Capesize Timecharter Average (C5TC 182) ultimately rose by $817 week-on-week. The C3 Brazil to China route edged above $30, a level last…
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Global shipping has entered a precarious and unstable era. Rising geopolitical tensions in key maritime corridors, including threats from Iran to target vessels transiting strategic waterways and the disruption of energy and export routes, are remindin…
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Surging bunker prices are reshaping freight dynamics, with fuel costs now accounting for a significantly larger share of freight than usual. While all vessels are exposed to high prices, scrubber-fitted ships remain relatively better positioned. This c…
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Describing the situation in the Strait of Hormuz as an “incredibly dynamic environment”, Jos Standerwick, head of membership at the Baltic Exchange, yesterday sought to clarify a landscape that has “trapped 1,000+ vessels” and threatens the safet…
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Chinese corn imports declined to approximately 3.8M mt in 2025, down from 8.4M mt in 2024. Of this, around 2.5M mt originated from Brazil (Panamax: ~2.0M mt vs. 1.78M mt in 2024), while imports from the U.S. totaled 169k mt (Panamax: ~153k mt vs. 1.36M…
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