Months of uncertainty about the potential exemptions of the EU, Canada and Mexico’s exports of steel and aluminium to the US have ended, and with a hard hit. The US has chosen not to extend the exemption which have triggered immediate retaliatory measu…
Leading navigation experts Nautisk discuss how to close the cyber backdoor on ships’ systems and data to secure the bridge from unwanted hackers. Piracy was once the scourge of the seas. Today cybersecurity has now become of the most important issues f…
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Shipping is a capital-intensive industry, which is heavily dependent on debt financing. LIBOR (the primary benchmark for short-term interest rates globally) has started to increase at a faster pace over the past five months compared to prior increases …
Capesize A turnaround in fortunes for the big ships as the week ended, with rates recovering generally, although the North Atlantic remained slow. Even with increased Brazil activity and rates up, the momentum needed to be maintained to sustain recent …
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The dry bulk shipping industry remains on the road to recovery, as demand continues to keep its nose just ahead of fleet growth, while scrapping and ordering remains subdued. Demand The improved fundamentals during 2017 are clearly seen in the freight …
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