Arrow Research has published “scale-busting” charts detailing Chinese purchases of American corn over the past week. Over the past week a record breaking 5.8 MMT of US corn has been […]
2021 is expected to be a record year for exports of soybeans from South America and Chinese imports of grains, and research suggests that port congestion could hamper bulker supply […]
Evidence is mounting to support an escalating recovery in demand for dry bulk commodities in countries other than China, attributed to both rising consumption and restocking of raw materials. The […]
Rumours have been swirling in dry-bulk shipping on the possibility of China lifting its ban on Australian coal. China imposed the ban on coal from the Land Down Under in […]
This time last year, many bulker owners were looking optimistically towards 2020 as a year that would see the sector mount an upswing. That is not what they got. Although […]
You can forget about the usual seasonal lull in bulker markets ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday this year, according to a panel of major bulker owners. The dry […]
Owners pinning hopes on a dry bulk rate recovery in 2021 will have to adjust their outlook based not just on China’s continued strength of demand, but also on the […]
The total cost of the coronavirus pandemic in global GDP terms is about $6 trillion, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research World Economic League Table 2021. Almost […]
Capesize bulker spot rates leapt on Friday amid strong demand and soaring prices for dry commodities, as brokers forecast better times for dry bulk shipping. The weighted time-charter equivalent average […]
Throughout October and November – a period of time when container shipping was smashing records while crude tankers suffered – Splash readers were invited to vote for which shipping sectors […]
