Supply and demand trending off balance
18 December 2019One of the most worrying trends that has developed recently - which will affect shipping demand in the years to come - is the falling trade-to-GDP ratio.
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Container Shipping: Ship sizes keep increasing despite stagnant volume growth
16 September 2019Global growth in container volumes has picked up slightly in the second quarter of the year, with growth in the first seven months reaching 1.2%, compared to the just 0.8% in the first quarter.
Meet BIMCO’s Chief Shipping Analyst at The Maritime CIO Forum in Rotterdam
14 September 2017BIMCO’s Chief Shipping Analyst Peter Sand will deliver the closing keynote speech, “What is happening in the shipping markets” at Digital Ship’s 4th Annual Maritime CIO Forum in Rotterdam on 26 September 2017, at the Hilton hotel in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Meet the BIMCO President and team at the Maritime Cyprus 2017 conference
03 October 2017BIMCO’s President Anastasios Papagiannopoulos will moderate the “Smart Shipping” panel discussion, scheduled for 10 October at 11:45. The panel will discuss novel ship design, cyber security and digitalisation – all key issues with a specific bearing on the future.
Meet BIMCO’s team at The Asian Logistic and Maritime Conference 2017
30 October 2017BIMCO’s Chief Shipping Analyst Peter Sand will moderate the “Dry Bulk Market Outlook: Sustaining Cautious Optimism for Calmer Waters” panel discussion, scheduled for 23 November at 16:00-17:30. Peter Sand will be joined by Burak Cetinok, Head of Research at Arrow Shipbroking Group and Angad Banga, Chief Operating Officer at The Caravel Group.
China’s thirst for crude oil pushes Brazil’s December exports to all-time high
22 January 2020Brazilian crude oil exports hit a record high in December 2019 with a total 8.7 million tonnes of crude oil exported, as China continues to turn to Brazil for crude.
Low-sulphur fuel sale jumps as 2020 sulphur cap kicks in
16 January 2020The final quarter of 2019 marked a massive decline of HSFO sales, as the industry transitioned into compliance with the IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap (IMO2020).
Tanker shipping: freight rates drop as strong seasonality fades and high fleet growth and coronavirus uncertainty hits
25 February 2020High fleet growth in 2019 and the coronavirus in China are clouding the outlook for 2020, despite the expected lower fleet growth.
Capesize remains submerged in the depths of despair
10 March 2020While the Capesize segment has been massively impacted by the coronavirus, the smaller dry bulk segments are starting to recover towards profitable territory, partly on the back of seasonally higher grain exports from South America.
Container shipping: carriers struggling with higher fuel costs face little support from market fundamentals
26 February 2020Low demand growth will continue into 2020, with carriers struggling to increase freight rates enough to cover the additional costs of the IMO 2020 sulphur cap compliance. Fleet growth is lower then last year, but still too high compared to demand growth.
