Later this year, the Yara Birkeland – the first autonomous container vessel – is due to commence commercial operation in Norwegian waters. For the owners, Yara, and the ship management company, Massterly, the terms of their ship management agreement wi…
AUTOSHIPMAN: Considerations For A New Standard Form Agreement Read More »
Sale and purchase brokers today have a testing problem with the market, according to Simon Ward, director of sale and purchase at Ursa Shipbrokers. Opening the latest in the series of joint Baltic Exchange/Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers’ webinars, …
Firm freight, but stagnant sales Read More »
Availability is generally good across major US bunkering ports, while there are pockets of more limited supply in certain smaller US Gulf Coast locations and in Panama. HSFO380 and LSMGO are tight at the anchorage off the US Gulf Coast. A barge has yet…
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Prompt deliveries of low sulphur stems remain widely available in ARA, Gibraltar Strait and South African ports, while HSFO380 is in slightly better supply in the Canary Islands this week. Independent inventories of fuel oil in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-…
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The beauty of shipping investments is their cyclical nature embedded in the industry and although there are always explanations and reasons for each leg of the cycle, usually ex post, the plain reality is that shipping rates go up and down because this…
Dry Bulk Correction Underway. Where is the Bottom? Read More »