Demand drivers and freight rates Some 13.7 million TEU were shipped globally in September, bringing the full year total up to 125.2 million TEU. While that is an improvement of 4% for both the month (year on year) and year to date, the growth rate has …
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Sulphur Cap Series: Part 2 – Challenges Facing Compliance and Challenges to Enforcement Part 1 explored the scope of Regulation 14.1.3 of Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention (“Regulation 14.1.3”) and provided an analysis of the contractual, penal a…
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After a turbulent period, the dry bulk market’s prospects seem to be back on track. Shipbrokers are reporting higher availability of finance, key to more S&P deals being concluded, in a time when freight rates seem to have stabilized again. I…
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Capesize After a cut throat couple of weeks, the market finally appeared to have found a floor and rates ticked up. Those analysts that predicted a strong fourth quarter have, as yet, offered few reasons for the dramatic fall. The key trade from West A…
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The issue If no drastic action is taken, CO2 emissions from international shipping could increase between 50% and 250% by 2050 Maritime transport emitted 938 tonnes of CO2 in 2012. This represented 2.6% of total global carbon emissions. By 2050, shippi…
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