Due to market uncertainty, overall sale and purchase levels for Bulkers have fallen year on year, with a decrease of c.58% and just 77 reported this year to date, compared to 182 for the same period last year. Since the US proposed fees to Chinese-buil…
Bulker S&P Activity Falls Sharply in Q1 2025 Read More »
This week’s highlight focuses on the shifting trends in soybean dry bulk flows from Brazil and the U.S. to China, following the latest round of tariffs imposed amid escalating trade tensions. We had already anticipated these changes in agricultural tra…
Dry Weekly Market Monitor: Grain Dry Bulk Flows (Brazil Vs U.S.A) Read More »
Global economic uncertainty and a cooling of the market has seen newbuild orders for dry-bulk vessels fall by 26% year-on-year according to Hongbeom Park, Head of Korea for global Veson Nautical, a global leader in maritime data and freight management …
Orderbook for all dry-bulk vessel classes falls by 26% Y-o-Y in Q1 Read More »
Capesize The Capesize market faced headwinds this week, with broader macroeconomic pressures, particularly escalating US-China tariff tensions, weighing heavily on sentiment. The BCI 5TC saw significant midweek drops before recovering slightly to close…
Dry Bulk Shipping: Capesize Market Under Pressure Read More »
Escalation of U.S.-China Trade Tensions: Implications for Dry Bulk Freight On April 4th, China announced a 34% tariff on all U.S. imports, a retaliatory response to recent U.S. protectionist trade measures, effective April 10th. This escalation in the …
Dry Weekly Market Monitor: US Dry Bulk Flows (Grain Vs Coal) Read More »