The Big Data produced by ships can improve safety, efficiency and competitiveness but decision-makers must first be equipped to interpret and act on the results, writes Mike Konstantinidis, CEO of METIS Cybertechnology. Shipping has struggled to get to…
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2020 was more than a challenging year for the shipping industry. Theofilos Xenakoudis, Director, Worldwide Business Operations for the RMI Registry and Managing Director of the Piraeus office, says that the Registry managed to receive its best ever ran…
LPG shipping rates have seen what can only be called a dramatic start to the year. The steep gains, followed by the freefall have dwarfed the volatility seen in 2020. As we move deeper into 1Q21, and China comes back into the picture after a long holid…
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Capesize As one of the more wild weeks in the first quarter for the Capesize comes to an end, the market feels more like it’s in reprieve mood contemplating what comes next. From last Friday at $10,304, the Capesize 5TC reached a high on Wednesday of $…
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The Pacific Basin proved to be the major driving force behind Qatar’s LNG exports. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “in the 12 months of 2020, global seaborne LNG trade increased marginally by +1.2% year-on-year to 362 m…
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