Capesize Any lingering doubts concerning the short-term prognosis for the capesize market were swept away this week as the timecharter average shed $2,350 to close at $12,498. A number of factors prevailed, but the erosion in sentiment largely emanated…
The message from the top is clear: cut out coal. While the regulatory pressure has been evident for some time, the race to banish the black stuff stepped up a notch last week when a $5 trillion valued institutional investor group made up of many of the…
Coal squeeze intensifies Read More »
A toning down of the political uncertainty and turmoil stemming from the US has managed to offer a much need reprieve to the dry bulk market. Even though trade uncertainties dominate, it seems that the overall market sentiment is inclined to believe th…
Dry Bulk Market Receives Boost From US Election Outcome Read More »
Newbuilding orders for dry bulk carriers has taken a breather during the course of the past week, as owners are scaling back their investment programme, on the back of renewed uncertainty, due to the raging pandemic. In its latest weekly report, shipbr…
Dry Bulk Ordering Activity Takes a Breather Read More »
In the following weeks Klaveness Research will in a series of articles have a look at how we believe the fundamentals impacting dry bulk freight rates are shaping up for 2021. In the first article we started off by having a look at the big picture. In …
2021 Dry Bulk Outlook – will we see growth in global coal imports? Read More »