27 August 2019
The highest US crude oil exports to China in 11 months lifted total seaborne US crude oil exports to a record high at 11.9 million (m) tonnes in June 2019.
28 January 2019
Since the advent of 2019, the declines witnessed across the Indian subcontinent markets have shown no signs of abating and increasingly desperate Cash Buyers finally started to offload their hefty existing (and expensive) inventories at ever decreasing rates.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
14 January 2019
Instability seems to be the key word in the subcontinent markets this week, with all locations precariously poised and seemingly heading downwards, as 2019 embarks on a rather negative and tentative start.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
23 April 2019
SnP activity keeps firming on a weekly basis, with MR tonnage remaining particularly popular in Buyers investing in the sector at the moment, while on the dry bulk side we had the first Capesize sale for 2019, which compared to the last done back in November indicates a discount of almost 13%.
The weekly sale and purchase report by Intermodal Research & Valuations features secondhand sales market prices for crude oil- and oil product tankers, dry bulk carriers, container ships and gas tankers.
11 October 2018
Some provisional ice forecast conditions for the new winter season 2018-2019 on the Gulf of Finland around areas of St.Petersburg, Ust-Luga and Vyborg/Vysotsk.
04 March 2019
CAPESIZE: The turn of the February into March for 2019 saw an expected further depression of freight rates.
The Baltic Exchange daily fixture report features daily updates on the Baltic exchange indexes, timecharters, periods, voyage fixtures and is listed by ship name, size, delivery place and freight rate.
The weekly dry bulk market report by the Baltic Exchange contains news impacting the following segments; capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize.
18 December 2018
This article contains extracts from BIMCO's Reflections 2019, which will be available in full on 2 January 2019 on www.bimco.org and will be sent out to all BIMCO members alongside thier free member copy of BIMCO's Holiday Calendar 2019.
18 March 2019
Opec crude production fell by 240,000 b/d in February to 30.68 million b/d, its lowest level in 4 years. February numbers show a significant over compliance, with Saudi Arabia leading efforts to implement cuts with a 153% compliance rate, some 170,000 b/d already below their overall target. Iraq and Saudi Arabia alone contributed 170,000 b/d in additional cuts between them in February alone. However, having already cut production close to their original 2019 target, they may now be missing the opportunity to capture market share in the face of rising demand.
The weekly tanker market report by Gibson Shipbrokers features an overview of the crude oil and oil product tanker market.
28 January 2019
According to a recent IEA report, 2019 is expected to see the largest wave of refinery capacity additions since the 1970’s. The Agency expects that 2.6 million b/d of new capacity will initiate operations this year. In terms of pure volumes, this is of course a bullish sign for the product tanker market, but what really matters is how global product flows shape up.
The weekly tanker market report by Gibson Shipbrokers features an overview of the crude oil and oil product tanker market.
07 January 2019
Late in 2018, China issued a raft of additional refined product export quotas to cope with a domestic oversupply of fuel. These additional volumes were partly responsible for the strength of the Asian product tanker market towards the end of 2018 and the persistent weakness in the Asian oil products markets. For many the question is therefore: what will Chinese refined product export volumes look like in 2019, and can they help sustain the regional product tanker market?
The weekly tanker market report by Gibson Shipbrokers features an overview of the crude oil and oil product tanker market.