For a long time, dry bulk ship owners were looking ahead to 2017-2018 as the years during which they could enjoy the benefits of the market’s rebalancing and see freight rates recover above break-even point, for a first time in years. However, fe…
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Throughout May, we observed Suezmax freight rates make considerable gains compared to the previous month with TD6 trading up about 16% month-on-month. Gains along this trade as well as others can be attributed to 63.4% utilization in May versus 62.1% t…
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Capesize The Atlantic market improved this week, with increased activity from Brazil for July shipments plus a few June cargoes fuelling rate rises, with close to $20.00 rumoured paid. Vale took a few July ships from Tubarao to Qingdao early in the wee…
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Capesize Despite the major Posidonia event in Greece, rates for the big ships took off this week, with the stars seeming to be working in conjunction, with both the Pacific and Atlantic markets active. However, the dampener came as the week closed out …
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Shipping is a capital-intensive industry, which is heavily dependent on debt financing. LIBOR (the primary benchmark for short-term interest rates globally) has started to increase at a faster pace over the past five months compared to prior increases …