The market for capesize bulkers has posted a second consecutive week of significant gains as China’s construction industry slowly gets going again, but iron ore demand is still below historical […]
Blank sailings are failing to shore up the deteriorating situation for carriers on most of the main container trade lanes. The peak season has been curtailed. The average capacity offered […]
In the past couple of weeks, we have seen Capesize rates improve for a number of reasons. We look into why and if these levels can be sustained. Typhoon drives […]
The head of the UN’s trade arm has appealed to shipowners to help expand the international effort to increase exports of food and fertilizer from Ukraine that have been blocked […]
The world outside Norway may not have noticed, but the business community there has been treated to an entertaining week of provocation and indignation, all courtesy of bad-boy shipowner Tor […]
Antonio Guterres has called for the freeing of exports of unsanctioned fertilizer and ammonia from Russia to head off a global food shortage. The UN Secretary-General made the call as […]
The capesize bulker spot market’s rebound should continue as China strives to get the sector and its economy back on track, Genco Shipping & Trading’s chief executive said. John Wobensmith […]
What keeps shipowner CEOs up at night? Attempting to find out is a survey carried out by the Global Maritime Forum, Marsh, and the International Union of Maritime Insurance. The […]
The abrupt plummet in boxship charter rates is making plenty of headlines, with warnings that some carriers are struggling to keep up with their rental payments for ships signed earlier […]
The capesize bulker spot market reached its highest point in seven weeks after making a leap on Tuesday that analysts tied to iron ore exports picking up out of Brazil […]
