Certain sectors of the shipping industry are bound to benefit from the recent blockade of the Suez Canal which managed to clear the backlog of ships just this past weekend after almost two weeks of delays. The impact in freight rates is imminent. In it…
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With a lot of attention and investment going into alternative, low emission fuel development, how does the return of wind propulsion avoid becoming an ‘also ran’ technology segment? Gavin Allwright, the Secretary General of the International Windship A…
Ship Propulsion: Transition is in the Wind! Read More »
Oil markets might have successfully rebounded from the shockwave of the pandemic, but a positive medium-term outlook for crude and products trade is far from secure. A supply picture is being blurred by heightened uncertainty which has created an inves…
Global oil “tested as never before” Read More »
The smaller bulker segment used to be something of a “pariah” in the dry bulk market, with larger units attracting most of the investment interest and headlines. However, this trend seems to be reversing now. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker All…
Dry Bulk Market: The Handy Sector Fights Back Read More »
The rapid recovery of the global economy that started at the end of the first wave has come with a much faster rebound in global trade than initially expected. This has come with significant supply chain disruptions causing many different types of shor…
Container and shipping shortage piles pressure on prices Read More »