24-02-2021 Supercycle: Clickbait or reality? Splash
Plenty of indicators are flashing green. Are we at the start of a commodities bull-run, and by extension a boom for shipping? Splash Extra investigates The United Nations defines a […]
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23-02-2021 Handysizes may see second-best market ‘since Vikings’, By Michael Juliano, TradeWinds
Spot rates for handysize bulkers continue their upward swing with no signs of slowing down, having reached highs unseen in over a decade. The Baltic Handy Size Index (BHSI) came […]
18-02-2021 Supercycle memories rekindled as dry bulk rates spike, By Sam Chambers, Splash
The word supercycle is appearing in global business titles on a daily basis in recent weeks and dry bulk shipping numbers are increasingly backing up this bullish commodities stance – […]
17-02-2021 Dry bulk fundamentals attracting post-coronavirus investment, says Cleaves, By Richard Clayton, Lloyd’s List
Strong fundamentals and systemic underinvestment in the dry bulk market has laid the foundation for one of the best decades for shipping in a very long time, according to Joakim […]
11-02-2021 Castor Maritime breaks into tankers and the stock goes wild, By Joe Brady, TradeWinds
And then there were tankers for Castor Maritime. The Cyprus-based owner of dry bulk carriers has ventured into the wet trade with the acquisition of two charter-laden aframax LR2 tankers, […]
09-02-2021 Broker Galbraiths predicts EEXI will ‘squeeze’ bulker and tanker supply, By Adam Corbett, TradeWinds
Shipbroker Galbraiths forecasts that upcoming efficiency and emissions standards for existing ships will likely have an impact on the supply of tonnage in the tanker and bulker markets. The pressure […]
08-02-2021 China holding firm on Australian coal ban, according to data, By Michael Juliano, TradeWinds
China would appear to be holding firm on its ban on Australian coal, with ships now being diverted to other Asian ports in Vietnam, India, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand […]
02-02-2021 China buys ‘scale-busting’ record volumes of American corn, By Sam Chambers, Splash
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 […]
01-02-2021 Congestion expected to boost bulker rates in record year for grains market, By Holly Birkett, TradeWinds
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 […]