Handysize values have increased this month across most ages, following a period of decline. Values for generic 10 year old Handysizes have moved up by c.2% since the start of October to USD 16.70 mil. Interest in the Handysize sector has led Bulker sal…
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Global trade growth looks set to plummet from 10.1% in 2021 to 4.3% in 2022, with further slippage to 2.5% in 2023, according to the latest International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook (WEO). While this is noted as higher growth than in pre-pan…
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The dry bulk market has failed to impress over the past few weeks, with the gloom now starting to translate to asset values as well. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Shipbroking said that “it is a fact that conditions in the dry bulk mark…
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Excluding intra-EU trade, the European Union’s average monthly clean oil product imports amounted to 10.0 million tonnes in 2019 but declined to 9.3 million tonnes in 2020 and 2021. Due to the high import volumes in July to October, the 2022 year-to-da…
EU clean oil product imports up 18.3% y/y on increased Asian volumes Read More »
More VLCCs managed to secure employment in August, as higher demand for crude spurred by stronger refinery processing and robust refined products cracks in the Atlantic Basin boosted utilization rates significantly. Demand for shipping crude oil increa…