Shipowners still looking to install scrubbers on their vessels face delays past the 2020 deadline for complying with low-sulphur emissions rules, market experts say. In a Stifel-hosted conference call, DNV […]
Petros Pappas completes 40 years in shipping in December, having survived five major market downturns. The Greek owner is perhaps lucky the worst of them was the last, when he […]
Singapore (Platts)–18 May 2018 213 am EDT/613 GMT International shipping is coming under increased scrutiny due to its role in global environmental emissions. S&P Global Platts had an exclusive opportunity […]
Capesize bulker earnings soared to the highest level in almost five months on buoyant fixing activity, with healthy iron ore demand in China pulling in cargoes from Western Australia and […]
In 2016, Bloomberg reported on a secret plan by Amazon to move into the shipping field. The plan was code-named ‘Dragon Boat’ and envisioned the global commerce firm owning the supply […]
Thai owner seeing the positives as first quarter turns profitable.May 4th, 2018 07:58 GMTby Gary DixonPublished in DRY CARGO Thai owner Precious Shipping says bulkers are now firmly off life-support […]
With the International Maritime Organization’s global sulfur cap deadline looming, low sulfur fuel oil appears to be the most ‘palatable’ solution, according to Thailand’s Precious Shipping Company Limited (PSL). “Scrubbers, […]
Thai bulker operator sees low fleet growth and healthy demand expansion this year and next.Having flipped into the black in the first quarter, the company is unfazed by threats of […]
In March last year, the bulk carrier DL Marigold became the world’s first biofouling “casualty.” The vessel was ordered from both New Zealand and Fijian waters for being an invasive […]
Shipowners appear to be taking the path of least resistance by planning to use low-sulphur distillates for their existing fleets in order to meet new IMO sulphur limits from 2020. […]
