Ship owners have shown an appetite for newbuildings in the energy segment, with tankers, LPGs and LNGs taking center-stage. By contrast, demand for dry bulk carriers has taken a back seat since the start of 2020, with market sentiment particularly weak…
Newbuilding Orders Focus on LNG, LPG and Tanker Markets Read More »
– Sluggish activity at ports around the Greater China region has been one of the most visible effects of the downturn in world trade in 2019. But port operators – as well as shipping lines, logistics providers, and others engaged in the sector – …
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DNV GL’s Technology Outlook 2030 covers a broad range of topics grouped into three different categories: enabling technologies, transforming technologies and sustaining technologies. Topics include: accelerating digitalization, virtualization and autom…
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For all of China’s efforts to lower its dependance on coal as a primary energy source, the country remains a major factor for seaborne coal demand. In a recent weekly note, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “China’s coal imports raced ahe…
Dry Bulk Market: China’s Coal Imports Still a Major Factor Read More »
Cash Buyers failing to comply with “green” recycling contracts has indeed become a reputational/ headline risk for Ship Owners in recent times, with several vessels that were intended to be sold for recycling as per the HKC (The Hong Kong International…