As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) sulphur regulation date of 1 January nears, availability of the new, very low-sulphur fuel oil is moving in the right direction – although too slowly – high-sulphur fuel oil inventories are shrinking glo…
Bunker prices will rise, regardless of type, at 2020 start – MABUX Read More »
Over the course of the past few years, many ship owners have invested in the once niche shipping market of LPG carrying vessels. For many of them, this move turned out to be quite lucrative, as demand rose and supply was kept relatively stable. Nowaday…
LPG Shipping Market: USA LPG Exports A Major Growth Driver Read More »
With the new sulphur limits soon to be in force, Standard Club has been investigating the ways in which certain jurisdictions are expected to react to violations. We contacted our local correspondents from a variety of different ports, including Brazil…
Sulphur 2020 Compendium – How are individual port states expected to react? Read More »
The ships’ recycling market has been mixed during 2019, with the first half being rather normal, before plunging by 20% over the second half, mainly as a result of improved freight rate markets. In its latest report, shipbroker Clarkson Platou Hellas s…
Strong Shipping Market Hurt Demolition Market During Second Half of 2019 Read More »
As 1 January 2020 approaches and the sulphur regulation from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) comes into force, BIMCO is experiencing an increase in questions related to the discord between the verification produces for statutory fuel oil …
BIMCO Publishes Interpretation Of Discord Between Fuel Oil Samples Read More »