Dry Cargo
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Crew of diverted tanker will face one month’s quarantine before they can get home
The , the aframax that altered course from Singapore to India on Tuesday at the behest of the ship’s master,…
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Seaborne trade of dry bulk cargo will surpass 5bn tons for the first time this year
For the first time in history, seaborne trade of dry bulk cargo will surpass 5bn tons, an increase of 3.6%…
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Just one Greek newbuild order registered throughout April
Emblematic of the tough times ahead for shipbuilders, especially from South Korea and Japan, it has emerged that Greek owners,…
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Weekly Broker: Plunging volumes and asset prices
The prolonged uncertainties brought by the coronavirus have sent asset values in the sale and purchase market on a downward…
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Controversial Russian bulk carrier departs UK waters for scrap
A Russian bulk carrier that grounded off the coast of southwest England 17 months ago is being towed away for…
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G2 Ocean: Walking the walk on diversity
For all the talk of getting more women to work in shipping, especially at board level, few lines are doing…
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AVB orders bulker sextet at Yangzijiang
Hamburg-based Ahrenkiel Vogemann Bolten (AVB), a joint venture of Ahrenkiel Steamship, H. Vogemann and Aug. Bolten, has placed an order…
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CDB Leasing signs for eight newcastlemaxes at Chinese yards
China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing) has announced via the Hong Kong Stock Exchange orders for eight 210,000 dwt…
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Diana Shipping fixes capesize to Pacbulk
Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has sealed a new time charter with Pacbulk Shipping in Singapore for 2011-built capesize…
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FGAS takes vintage bulker
Sales registers show Hong Kong-based handysize mammoth Pacific Basin has sold the 20-year-old, 31,900 dwt . Splash understand that fast…
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Slippage permeates through this year’s ship delivery schedule
Clarksons Research is reporting that the global newbuilding delivery schedule this year will see signifiant slippage. Globally, output in 2020…
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Aussies detain bulk carrier found to be carrying high sulphur fuel
The , a four-year-old 34,387 dwt bulk carrier belonging to Amsterdam-based MUR Shipping, was detained in Geelong, Australia on Friday,…
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BIMCO pens obituary for the converted ore carrier
BIMCO’s chief shipping analyst Peter Sand has written an obituary for one of shipping’s most controversial ship types, the converted…
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Dry bulk heading towards ‘sweet spot’: John Michael Radziwill
As most of the world remains in some form of lockdown there’s an alternative way of looking at this extraordinary…
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Weekly Broker: Vintage VLCCs dominate
The sale and purchase market in general continues be gloomy this past week especially the dry bulk market with April…
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Vetting storm brews around Fairweather Steamship
Vetting organisation RightShip has placed technical shipmanagers Fairweather Steamship from Hong Kong on its high risk list after the captain…
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Seanergy lands new capesize charter with Glencore
Greek capesize specialist Seanergy Maritime Holdings has sealed a new charter for one of its 10 capesizes and an extension…
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Splash Extra: Chinese ship leasing feels the heat
The precarious state of many Chinese ship leasing houses – and their heavy exposure to the troubled aviation sector –…
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Vale stops using converted ore carriers
Brazilian mining giant Vale has let it been known at its quarterly earnings today that it will stop using converted…
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Ravensdown Shipping joins TMA Bulk Pool
Melbourne-based Ravensdown Shipping Services, part of fertiliser giant Ravensdown, has joined the TMA Bulk Pool with its time-chartered ship .…
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