Russia is set to profit from increasing grain exports in the wake of its incursion into Ukraine. Russia’s wheat exports are expected to increase by 6 MMT in the 2022/23 […]
According to data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics, Chinese coal production for April amounted to 363.9 MMT, which is down 8.4% MOM and up 12.4% YOY. The figures denote […]
India’s decision over the weekend to ban wheat exports is expected to see a greater swathe of the dry bulk fleet head to the Americas, extending the tonne-mile picture for […]
Iron ore has had a rough week as containment measurements and a worsening property situation in China is weighing on sentiment and expectations of a delayed recovery in demand. The […]
The record Brazilian export figure for the first four months of the year 32.4 MMT (+0.9 MMT/+2.8% y-o-y) masks a significant drop off in April (at 11.6 MMT down 28% […]
Container shipping has borne the impact of the devastating war in Eastern Europe better than other sectors. That may be changing as the ripples from the conflict spread. Arguably the […]
The capesize bulker sector made good headway this week due to strong tonnage demand from Brazil and Australia. The Baltic Exchange’s capesize 5TC, a spot-rate average across five key routes, […]
May 20 has been given as the first official deadline for Shanghai, China’s largest city, to open. The metropolis, home to the world’s largest container port, entered lockdown in late […]
India’s close ties with Russia have seen it ramp up purchases of bargain commodities in the two and a half months since the invasion of Ukraine began. Data from S&P […]
As weather in Brazil starts to subside and the end of the financial year for several miners’ approaches, we look at the iron ore market and what may be in […]
