The US soya bean export season is on its way. October through to January is peak season for US exports of this key agriculture commodity – which in 2018 attracts much more attention than previously. In terms of seaborne tonnes of soya beans, 31.7 milli…
Iran emerges as no. 1 buyer of US soya beans Read More »
Surging growth in renewable energy generation around the world and a construction boom in South East Asia that is expected to run for the next 10 years bode well for the once ailing multipurpose shipping fleet. In the latest edition of Drewry’s Multipu…
Prospects for the multipurpose shipping sector are improving Read More »
In August, no US seaborne exports of crude oil to China were recorded. A massive change to the export pattern seen since early 2017. Chinese buyers, led by the world’s top tanker charterer Unipec, were rumoured to have stayed away – and new data proves…
BIMCO: US Crude Oil Exports to China drop to zero in August Read More »
The current epidemic of contaminated bunker fuels was first reported on in April this year, in Houston. Contaminated bunkers are often mixed with shale oil. The issue has since spread to Panama and Singapore, and possibly Hong Kong and Malaysia. As per…
DynaLiners Opinion – Bad Bunkers Read More »
On 31 August 2018 the Bahamas, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Panama, BIMCO, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO cosponsored and submitted a document to the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) 73 meeting taking place 22-26 October 2018. MEPC 73/5/14, Sa…