The VLCC market has experienced a sharp repricing during 2026, with the most significant acceleration taking place since late July as exceptionally strong freight earnings have fed directly into secondhand values. While prices had already been moving h…
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The weakest June for Chinese crude imports in a decade did not cost a single barrel of throughput. Imports fell 41.3% on the year, runs held above 12.4 mb/d, and product exports went up. The difference came out of the tanks. At the draw rate of the las…
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Colombia’s position in the global coal market is undergoing a structural shift; robust exports, renewed access to the Israeli market and frequent disruptions to its logistics infrastructure are shaping the outlook for Atlantic coal flows. While Colombi…
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The ship recycling market has retained its overall strength, on the back of strong buying sentiment. In its latest weekly report, Best Oasis (www.best-oasis.com), a leading cash buyer of ships said that “the Indian recycling market remains firm, with o…
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“Disruptions and strong growth in head-haul trades continue to support the container shipping market in 2026, but accelerating fleet growth could weaken the supply/demand balance in 2027,” says Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO. BI…
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