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Dry Bulk Shipping: Australian Coal Exports On the Rise, but China’s Share Diminishing
Seaborne coal cargoes from Australia are finding new destinations, as China’s share during the first quarter of 2026 has…
8 May 2026
Greek Shipping Financing Grew by 11.5% in 2025, Now Standing at Almost $60 Billion, Petrofin Research Shows
Bank ship finance for Greek shipping recorded a very impressive leap upwards from 5% in 2024 to 11.5%, bringing the over…
8 May 2026
Baltic Dry Index Snaps 5-Day Rally
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, halted a fiv…
8 May 2026
Dry Bulk Vessel Crossings In The Strait Falling To Zero
FREIGHT MARKET OVERVIEW The Baltic Dry Index is approaching the 3,000-point threshold, supported by sustained gains acro…
8 May 2026
Lion Shipbrokers Weekly Market Report, Week 19 2026
Bulkers: The Baltic Dry Index has increased over the past week, reaching its highest point in about 2.5 years. Source: L…
8 May 2026
Drewry: World Container Index Up 3% Last Week
For many years, World Container Index (WCI) has been the go-to, independent, global reference for index-linked contracts…
8 May 2026
Norway’s DNO plans 4 more oil fields in North Sea as north Iraq output declines
Norway’s DNO plans to add four North Sea oil fields to its upstream operations by 2029, while production and investments…
8 May 2026
ABS, HD Hyundai and Anduril Industries to Advance Autonomous Surface Vessels
ABS, HD Hyundai and Anduril Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore autonomous maritime ca…
8 May 2026
VHBS New ConTex Container Ship Time Charter Assessment Index Week 19
A quiet week is ending on an even quieter note. This comes as no real surprise given last week’s May Day holidays Source…
8 May 2026
BIMCO and ICS welcome Beijing Convention coming into force
The Convention, officially the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sale of Ships, entered…
8 May 2026
Best Oasis Weekly Recycling Market Report, 8 May 2026
The Indian local market remains good, with overall sentiment holding steady. Source: Best Oasis Limited
8 May 2026
Iraq discovers new oil field with 8.8bln barrels of reserves
Iraq has discovered an oil field with more than 8.8 billion barrels of reserves near the southern border of Najaf provin…
8 May 2026
Mara Kruze named British Tugowners Association Tug Trainee of the Year 2026
Mara Kruze has been named the recipient of the British Tugowners Association (BTA) Tug Trainee of the Year Award 2026, a…
8 May 2026
Six Types of Shipping Crisis — And What They Mean for Freight Procurement
Disruption is familiar. The market’s response to it no longer is. Here’s why traditional tendering strategies break down…
8 May 2026
Gibson tanker report – Clean-to-Dirty
Clean to dirty switching first gathered pace in the fourth quarter of 2025 with recent geopolitical developments further…
8 May 2026
Oil, plastics and climate: Why higher prices could speed a materials transition
Most conventional plastics are made from oil and gas and production costs have increased recently as a result of the clo…
8 May 2026
US says intercepted attacks on 3 warships in Hormuz; Trump calls for Iran deal
The U.S. military on Thursday said it had responded in self-defense against Iranian attacks on three American warships t…
8 May 2026
Gold vs oil: Which offers better protection from rising prices during the Iran war?
Conventional wisdom holds that gold protects investors during war and inflation. The Iran conflict has turned that assum…
8 May 2026
Carriers to remain cautious transiting Strait of Hormuz amid on-again, off-again peace talks
For the second time in a month, carriers must decide whether passage through the Strait of Hormuz is safe after on-again…
8 May 2026
Alaska Mega-Tsunami Raises Alarm for Cruise Ships in Glacier Fjords
A massive landslide in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord triggered one of the tallest tsunamis ever recorded, sending water 481 m…
8 May 2026
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