The ship recycling markets have remained subdued over the past week. In its latest weekly report, Best Oasis (www.best-oasis.com), a leading cash buyer of ships said that “in India, the market continues to remain subdued, with little to no positive mom…
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We estimate that the dry bulk supply/demand balance will strengthen slightly in 2025 and gradually weaken in 2026 and 2027. Cargo demand growth is slowing, as coal shipments decline and iron ore shipments stagnate,” says Filipe Gouveia, Shipping Analys…
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Major bulk, made up of iron ore, coal, and grains, exports ended 2025 Q3 above the previous year and sit as the quarter with the highest volume of major bulk exported on the Signal Ocean Platform. Demand from China across all these major bulks helped t…
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The newbuilding market has began heating up again. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “this week in the container sector, Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine placed an order of 14 x 14,000 TEU carriers, 7 of which were ordered to Ko…
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Only 38 vessels were ordered in 9M25 compared to 86 in 9M24, with the orderbook-to-fleet ratio continuing to weaken in 2025, deflated by higher deliveries and low new orders. New orders were impacted by the slower pace of FIDs (in 2024 and 1H25), along…
LNG orders halve in 2025—a likely rebound in the near term Read More »