INTERCARGO’s Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2018 provides an analysis of reported bulk carrier losses during the period from 2009 to 2018, when 188 lives were lost and 48 bulk carriers over 10,000 dwt were identified as total losses. Although there has b…
INTERCARGO: 48 Bulkers and 188 Lives Lost During 2009-2018 Period Read More »
More and more Capesize dry bulkers, but also container ships are being sold for scrap, with ship owners looking to help alleviate each market’s fundamentals. In its latest weekly report, Clarkson Platou Hellas said that “with the upcoming Easter …
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Unless ship owners pick up their ship recycling activities, freight rates will remain in sub-par levels is the main view of an ever increasing number of market delegates. In a recent report, shipbroker Intermodal said that “once again, we are faced wit…
Dry Bulk Market: Scrapping of Older Ships A One-Way Street To Shipping’s Recovery Read More »
The disruption in the iron ore seaborne trade this year has been well documented, together with the negative impact that this development has had in the Capesize dry bulk segment. However, analysts point out that coal trade could prove to be a dampenin…
Dry Bulk Market: Could Coal Become the “Savior” of the Dry Bulk Market? Read More »
With the first quarter of 2019 already past us, it’s now becoming increasingly obvious that the dry bulk market will find it hard to experience a third consecutive year of recovery, not to mention new peaks. In its latest weekly report, shipbroke…
Dry Bulk Market: New Peaks a Thing of the Past as Harsh Reality Sets In Read More »