Many shippers and forwarders have contacted me following my comment in early January about the confusion created by inconsistent, post-IMO carrier fuel charges. This is clearly an area of concern and an increasing problem for shippers, whether contract…
IMO bunker charge confusion spreads – but what next? Read More »
Capesize The week proved conspicuous for all the wrong reasons. This was the week when the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) turned negative, closing at -20, whilst the average of the routes settled at $3,973. With the perennial Q1 weakness, Chinese New Year…
Dry Bulk Market: All-Time Record Lows for Capesizes Read More »
Cyberattacks? Ship delays? Problems fuel Henning Schleyerbach. That’s why he is just right at the DCSA. With his degree in physics and as a former IT expert at Hapag-Lloyd, he knows that there is a solution to every challenge. Since summer 2019 you are…
How the shipping industry prepares for the digital future Read More »
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, declared a global health emergency by the WHO, has caused massive uncertainty across the global markets with the official death toll rising to 213 people on 31 January 2020. Approximately 50 million people is on l…
The International Monetary Fund’s release of full-year economic data for 2019 makes uncomfortable reading. Its latest World Economic Output (WEO) estimates put world gross domestic product growth at 2.9% last year – the weakest performance since the co…
Slow climb out of the trough Read More »