It’s enough to have industry observers scratching their heads in wonder. In the face of continued economic uncertainty, a delicate geopolitical situation, and a crippling global pandemic – all with obvious widespread international trade implications – …
On Monday 2 November – it will be 500 days since the last VLCC left active service when it went on its final journey from Jeddah to Bangladesh for dismantling. Strong crude oil tanker market earnings from August 2019 through July 2020 have evaporated a…
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In March and April 2020, reduced demand for crude oil and petroleum products in response to COVID-19 mitigation efforts led to a sharp increase in global crude oil inventories. As onshore inventories increased, market participants turned to using oil t…
Crude oil tanker rates are likely to remain low until global petroleum demand increases Read More »
Following years of disruption to US soya bean exports due to the US-China trade war, the first seven weeks of the 2020/2021 marketing year, which runs from 1 September to 31 August, have seen the strongest exports ever. By 15 October, 11.4 million tonn…
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Following a year of ups and downs in 2019, dry bulk operators were fully geared to meet the challenges of IMO 2020 fuel regulation, a global anti-pollution initiative that would greatly lower sulfur emissions from high-sulfur fuel. Operators chose one …
Dry bulk chartering strategy: Who fared better? Read More »