Whilst this time of year is traditionally slow for dry bulk markets, the sentiment has been further amplified in the short-term by news last month of the dam break at Vale’s iron ore mine in south eastern Brazil which has sparked supply concerns as clo…
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Calling a market turnaround to perfection is pure luck. But scouting for pillars that would support a higher level of demand makes sense. First up is the next Brazilian soya bean export season. Demand drivers and freight rates The extent of the freight…
Clarksons issued a series of figures compiled on the current scrubber market situation. Summarising the latest update, Steve Gordon, Managing Director of Clarksons Research commented: Scrubber count has increased six-fold since January 2018, to represe…
European containerised imports look likely to be stuck with demand growth of no more than 2% for years to come. That means the long-hauls into northern and southern Europe, where Ultra Large Containerships are perfectly suited to reap the benefits of e…
In terms of number of ships, the orderbook to fleet ratio currently stands at 12% in terms of number of vessels and in terms of dwt this figure rises to 13%. If we break this down further to take in to account each individual sector of the dry bulk fle…
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