Availability of low sulphur fuels is plentiful in major European and African ports, and HSFO remains more limited in the Canary Islands and South Africa than in the ARA and Gibraltar Strait. Fuel availability has not changed much in Europe and Africa i…
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Prices offered by scrapyards for older tonnage is reaching new heights of late, tempting many owners into decommissioning the older ships of their fleet. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Clarkson Platou Hellas said that “with the after-effects o…
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For European exporters looking to source shipping containers, existing shortages could deteriorate significantly in the coming weeks, according to the latest data from Container xChange, the world’s leading online platform for the leasing and trading o…
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Commodity markets were shaken over the weekend when news got out about the Chinese government warning “speculators” and “hoarders” in commodity markets about price fixing activities. But let’s be clear, the Chinese authori…
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HSFO380 availability has tightened considerably in Fujairah, while Singapore’s lead times for all fuel grades are unchanged from last week. Singapore’s fuel oil inventories dropped by a further 5% last week to a seven-week low of 24.96 million bbls, ac…
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