Ship owners have limited their newbuilding activity during the past couple of months, in what was already quite a “slow” year for 2020 contracting. However, as of late a new trend has started to emerge; while bulkers remain in “hot waters”, a few order…
Dry Bulk Newbuilding Orders Go “Extinct”, as Interest Limited to Tankers Read More »
Throughout April, container shipping spot freight rates on the back-haul trade from North Europe to China were higher than those on the front-haul trade from China to North Europe. This is a rare occurrence that has developed in the wake of the massive…
China To Europe Front- And Back-Haul Container Spot Rates In Rare Reversal Read More »
Moore Greece, an accounting and consulting firm specialising in the shipping, media and hotel sectors, released the first-ever Moore Maritime Index report on “Shipping trends based on the fleet size” that focuses on studying the possible trends and cor…
Fleet size affects financial performance, according to Moore Maritime Index Read More »
With scrapyards in the South East Asia being effectively underutilized for the past couple of months, ship owners will be very happy to hear that activity could soon pick up and moreover, at higher prices, provided that the pandemic conditions allow fo…
Ship Recycling Could Receive a Boost from Recent Developments in the UAE Read More »
Since the first efforts to digitise bills of lading (BL) in the late 90s, the promise of an electronic bill of lading (eBL) for the container shipping industry has remained elusive. In fact, Tradelens goes so far as to call an eBL standard the “Holy Gr…