While the fourth quarter of 2018 didn’t live up to expectations, especially for the Capesize segment, it seems that ship owners can take heart in the fact that newbuilding orders were also significantly reduced, which is a quite significant silve…
Dry Bulk Market “Flat Lining”, but Fundamentals Are Solid Says Shipbroker Read More »
Newbuilding ordering activity has started to pick up pace of late, while S&P deals are also on the rise, with more and more owners looking to conclude business deals. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Shipbroking said that “despite the…
Newbuilding Activity Rather Brisk, Whle S&P Deals on the Rise as Well Read More »
Capesize Dashed hopes summed up the first full week of the New Year. A slow start followed by a busy 24 hours of improving rates and a firming FFA market fuelled positive sentiment, only to see both paper and physical sales slide the next day. West Aus…
Dry Bulk Market Still Slow Off Its Tracks in 2019 Read More »
The shipping industry is entering 2019 in a better state than the years before it. Reflecting on the state of the shipping industry after 2018, Intermodal said in its latest weekly report that “paraphrasing the words of a Chief economist in a latest re…
Shipping Sails Through Shallow Waters In 2018 Read More »
Coal demand in China has rebounded during 2018 as well, leading to a further level of support for dry bulk freight rates. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa, commented on Chinese coal imports, saying that “in the first 11 months of …