The tanker market has faced a torrid start to 2021, with a lackluster performance. In its latest monthly report, OPEC said that dirty tanker rates remained at muted levels in January, below operational costs in some cases, although rates from West Afri…
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Then There was a small cohort of maritime arbitrators, mostly from pure shipping backgrounds rather than the law. London had much more competition than now – mostly from New York and Paris. There was little formality; lawyers only came into the b…
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Initiative to support South European shipowners and operators in navigating compliance around impending EEXI requirements. Lloyd’s Register (LR) has opened a decarbonsation advisory centre in Athens, Greece, to assist its clients in meeting current and…
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With the Chinese New Year holidays in full swing, dry bulk market analysts are wondering whether the freight market will manage to regain its upwards momentum, once the Chinese economy gets back to work. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied S…
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The recent development of replacing coking coal with hydrogen in crude steel production has created a buzz that coking coal might soon be out of favour. For dry bulk operators this is a potentially negative development, but is this really the case? Nip…
Hydrogen replacing coking coal – should owners of dry bulk ships take note? Read More »