Capesize The Capesize market this past week looks to have come off life support and found some improved sentiment. The week began rather ordinary before surging on Tuesday prior to the index publishing. Improved South African loading options and activi…
Dry Bulk Market: Capesize Market Finds Some Support Read More »
At the beginning of this year, the IMO’s global sulfur cap on marine fuels entered into force and shipowners who chose the SOx -scrubber pathway to compliance began the modern era of emissions reduction. Scrubbers have been operating in marine environm…
Lessons Learned From Scrubber Installation And Operation Read More »
As the first data regarding crude oil in 2020 emerges, owners are looking for clues as to the future of demand, although much of it will become redundant as a result of the pandemic crisis and the global recession that’s bound to follow. In its latest …
India’s Crude Oil Imports in the First Quarter of 2020 Make for An Interesting Reading Read More »
Bunker prices have had quite a ride over the first quarter of the IMO 2020 implementation and alongside them the premium for scrubber-fitted bulk carriers. Crude oil and bunker prices literally collapsed over the last weeks as a result of the Saudi Ara…
Q1 saw record low bunker spread and scrubber premium sliding Read More »
If ever there was a leading indicator to the commodity index this year, it is the Panamax freight market. Already coming under heavy pressure in the last quarter of 2019 these mid-sized workhorses of the dry bulk market started 2020 on the same bearish…
Are the darkest days over – for Panamax freight at least? Read More »