While spot LNG shipping market has tightened in the last one month, LNG shipping stock prices have underperformed the Baltic LNG Index. Spot LNG shipping rates crossed USD 100,000pd for modern vessels in October and are presently hovering around USD 12…
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Countries around the world must avoid a “race to the bottom” to secure competitive advantage by watering down environmental safeguards. Instead, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) secretary-general Mukhisa Kituyi has urged nati…
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Freight rates are about to face renewed downward pressure, on the back of a new wave of lockdowns around the world, with Europe being the most obvious example. Shipbrokers anticipate a new blow on demand for shipping, which will inevitably translate to…
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IMO-class tankers which swung to product trading in 2Q20 due to high freight rates and floating storage requirements are unlikely to join the chemical trading fleet until 2021. IMO-class tankers are tankers with International Maritime Organisation (IMO…
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The number of oil tankers passing through the Suez Canal in October have seen a sharp 27% decline, as demand for oil transports has stayed subdued since the April crash in oil prices that fuelled high demand for oil tankers. A total of 3,708 oil tanker…
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