04 January 2021
As we bid farewell to 2020, which has quite frankly been an unprecedented and tumultuous year for nearly the entire world, all eyes are now on 2021 and most are trying to stay optimistic about brighter days ahead, especially given the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccine finally underway in many countries across the world.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
26 October 2020
As we approach the final months of the year, the Indian sub-continent recycling destinations have settled into a steady (but positive) pattern in the mid-to-high USD 300s/LDT, with some speculative positions still being taken by various players once vessels start working firm, primarily due to a distinct lack of available tonnage at present.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
19 October 2020
After weeks of uncertainty following the formation of a cartel in Bangladesh and the ongoing volatility in competing markets (i.e. India & Pakistan), subcontinent prices finally appear to have somewhat settled this week.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
30 November 2020
Following a lackluster few quarters for the Bangladeshi market, demand has come surging back and prices in a cartel-less Chattogram shot up this week as local offers are no longer going through (or are restricted by) a committee of powerful local individuals, who had set up the cartel to begin with.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
27 January 2020
A sudden surge of tonnage pre-Chinese New Year holidays has started to put pressure on recycling markets once again, particularly as the already limited number of Recyclers of large LDT tonnage has started to get booked up.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
07 December 2020
The dissolution of the cartel has seen prices shoot up in Bangladesh over this past week – perhaps to an irrational and somewhat speculative degree, as local levels cooled off towards the end of the week, in conjunction with declining local steel plate prices.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
04 January 2021
As Christmas holidays descend the world over, the sub-continent recycling markets are ending the year on a far happier and comparatively more of a bullish note than where they were come the mid-point of the year.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
14 December 2020
This week, as steel plate prices temporarily reversed in a previously rampant Bangladesh, the decline finally put the brakes on what was a surging market. As a result, local expectations have been somewhat tempered there as the week ended.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
12 October 2020
After a period of turbulence and uncertainty, Indian subcontinent sentiments and prices appear to have turned somewhat this week, as Cash Buyer speculation seems to have reentered the market on select available vessels once again.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
21 December 2020
After a surge that saw the Bangladeshi market rise too fast too soon, in addition to some steady progress made from the firming Pakistani and Indian markets, sub-continent destinations seem to have finally settled down a touch, in the run up to Christmas / New Year’s.
The weekly demolition report by GMS, provides an overview of the demolition market, price by scrap yard location and ship type.
