A lot has been said regarding the dry bulk market’s rebound and future potential, however, much will come down to China’s and India’s dry bulk commodities’ demand growth, most notably iron ore and coal. In China, shipbroker Banc…
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In this week’s analysis, we again update shipping’s mid-year report, reviewing progress across a range of shipping sector “subjects”. Our overall ClarkSea Index increased 8% y-o-y in the first half, to move marginally above the trend since the financia…
Clarksons: Mid-Year Report for Shipping A Mixed Picture Read More »
This year has not been the easiest of years for iron ore. In January, the collapse of a Vale-owned tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine near the Brazilian municipality of Brumadinho resulted in over 200 deaths. On top of the tragedy, the…
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Product tanker owners could be set for a new tanker play, with US reportedly resorting to gasoline imports, on the back of the recent events with the explosion at Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ (PES) 335,000 b/d Philly refinery. This has come at an opp…
New Tanker Plays Emerge After Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Read More »
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot talks about the controversial adoption of exhaust gas cleaning systems ahead of IMO 2020. “To scrub, or not to scrub” is a question that I get asked quite frequently in this job. It’s certainly a co…
To scrub, or not to scrub? That is the question… Read More »