The Liberian Registry has presented five of its Greek shipping partners with the Liberian Maritime Authority’s Commissioner’s Award for Excellence during celebrations in Athens to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Liberia’s maritime programme. The aw…
Liberia honours Greek shipping partners as it celebrates 70th anniversary Read More »
While Athens is in the spotlight of the global shipping community this week, with the bi-annual international gathering of Posidonia taking place, owners of VLCCs, many of which are indeed Greeks, are able to smile more, as a result of impoved market s…
VLCC Owners Rejoice Ahead of Posidonia, While Shipyards Are Looking for More Business Read More »
While newbuildings are thought to be the main risk to the future balance of the tanker market, it seems that it’s only VLCCs Much attention has been given in recent months to continued activity in newbuild VLCC tonnage. We, at Gibson’s, are not an exce…
Tankers: Newbuilding Orders Limited Mostly to VLCCs Read More »
In what appears to be an encouraging sign, in terms of future tonnage supply, the ships’ demolition market seems to be very much alive. In its latest weekly report, Clarkson Platou Hellas noted that “despite Ramadan in full proceedings, there remains h…
Ships’ Demolition Market Still Very Much Active Read More »
Last year, although there were many fluctuations in freight markets, the long-standing shipping recession seemed to be coming to an end. The beginning of 2018 finds our shipping industry maintaining the highest position internationally, controlling abo…