Over the spring of 2026, we logged 354 reported tanker fixtures across two of the Middle East’s principal crude gateways and set them side by side to compare how each region’s fixing activity behaves: Yanbu on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea c…
Red Sea vs Arabian Gulf: Comparing the Fixing Activity Behind the Barrels Read More »
The VLCC tanker market seems to be witnessing reduced volatility after a multi-week turbulence. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Gibson said that “the global VLCC market appears to have entered a phase of cautious stabilisation with freight rate…
VLCC Market Seems to Be Stabilizing Read More »
Global trade today is at the centre of a ‘structural stress’ in which geopolitics, energy dependency and climate constraints are crashing together to reshape flows of goods, capital and policy priorities. That was the central theme of a recent wide-ran…
Choke points, energy shock and policy drift Read More »
Coal gasification is increasingly emerging as an additional driver of coal trade and dry bulk shipping demand. While it is unlikely to fundamentally reverse the long-term transition away from coal, it is gradually creating new industrial demand beyond …
India’s coal gasification drive adds fresh momentum to the coal trade and bulk shipping Read More »
This year’s El Niño could bring more cargo flow shifts. In a recent weekly report, shipbroker Intermodal said that “El Niño is again becoming a factor for 2026, and its freight impact is likely to be felt mainly through Asian power demand, crop risk an…
Shipping: Will El Niño Further Disrupt Cargo Flows? Read More »