News broke this past week that Pakistan has reportedly reopened the market for tanker imports, bound for recycling. In its latest weekly report, Clarkson Platou Hellas commented that “it has finally happened… following reports received, it is our under…
Pick Up Seen in Ships’ Demolition Market, on Pakistan News Read More »
BIMCO’s Documentary Committee is expected to adopt a new version of the standard contract Bunker Terms in New York on May 2. The Bunker Terms 2018 have been drafted by representatives from across the bunker industry. It is a balanced set of terms…
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Asset values remain depressed across the clean Tanker markets, creating buying opportunities for prime age tonnage. Younger ships provide investors with an asset that is well placed to appreciate when the shipping markets do turn. LR1s have been unfash…
Time to buy the dip in LR1 Tankers? Read More »
Tanker owners were granted some respite over the course of the past week, as demand in the VLCC market edged higher. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Affinity Research commented that “VLCCs experienced a positive start to the week, with 32 cargo…
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Across the spectrum of seaborne trade, crude oil and containers could hardly be more different. The former is the classic raw material commodity, whilst the latter represents the shipping of all sorts of manufactured end products. Yet in 2017, total se…
Crude And Containers – An Odd Couple Close Together Read More »