In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Shipbroking said that it was “a relatively quiet week in the newbuilding market, with the level of reported activity scaling back slightly. Despite the small number of new contracts, things were still rela…
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An epidemic of ships experiencing fuel-related problems with seemingly on-spec fuels this year, starting in the US Gulf, has led to feverish speculation about the root causes with many predicting that this is a precursor for worse to come in 2020. Some…
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Shipping giant Maersk and technology firm IBM’s creation of a blockchain-enabled shipping solution, with over 90 participatory organisations, will in IBM’s words empower multiple trading partners to collaborate by establishing a single shared view of a…
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As the dry bulk market sentiment is improving, on the back of positive fundamentals and a significant rise in freight rates, so are asset prices. Shipbroker Intermodal is taking note of the recent trends in sales prices of various dry bulk classes. In …
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In this guest blog, Tore Longva from DNV GL Maritime explains all the different ways by which emissions regulation will be an industry game-changer. The key environmental challenge for shipping will be in the short term to comply with the global 0.5% s…
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