India’s coal imports have been declining, affecting seaborne coal demand. In a recent weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “in Jan-Sep 2025, global seaborne coal loadings declined by -4.3% y-o-y to 967.4 mln t (excluding cabotage), based …
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Clarksons Research have released their latest Green Technology Tracker, including full year 2025 data points, charting the progress of alternative fuel uptake and investments in energy saving technologies across the global shipping fleet. Summarising t…
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Renewed attention on Venezuela’s oil sector has re-entered market discussion alongside the continued geopolitical reshaping of global crude trade flows. For freight markets, the relevance of these developments lies less in oil reserves potential or pol…
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Much of last year’s focus has been around the attempted rebirth of US’ shipbuilding industry, amid links with S. Korea. It would be interesting to see where Japan’s shipyards stand. In a recent weekly report, shipbroker Intermodal attempted exactly tha…
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Understanding freight markets has always required piecing together information from multiple and often fragmented sources. From rates, vessel supply, availability, to cargo demand and port congestion, you can rarely find these sources in a single, stru…
Shipping technology and freight markets: a review of 2025 and signals for 2026 Read More »