Dry Cargo
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Maritime CEO 400: Dry bulk’s small window of opportunity
Singapore: As Maritime CEO celebrates passing the 400 interview mark, all week we are diving into our archives to see…
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Oldendorff: Reading the waves
Lübeck: Oldendorff Carriers is one of the grandest names in German shipping, operating at any given time more than 500…
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Kambara Kisen: Doing its own thing
Fukuyama: Hirotatsu Kambara is a busy man. As well as being an executive director for Tsuneishi Shipbuilding he is the…
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Kaptanoglu Holding: Is the current supply/demand imbalance the new normal?
Istanbul: Is the current supply/demand imbalance across many shipping sectors the new normal? That’s the question posed by Sadan Kaptanoglu,…
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Hengli Shipping: Textile manufacturer turned shipowner
Dalian: Few people know the Chinese textile market better than Chen Jianhua, the president of Hengli Group, a leading fabric…
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Mercator: Seven year mix
Mumbai: Just over a decade ago, Mercator Lines had gone on a vessel acquisition spree to metamorphose from a relatively…
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Five Stars Shipping: Biding its time before adding to the fleet
Mumbai: Five Stars Shipping started its operations in 1985 in India, though the primary shareholders have been associated with shipping…
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Precious Shipping: Predicting dry bulk’s future
Bangkok: Always one to have a firm opinion on the markets, Khalid Hashim tells Maritime CEO that there is still…
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Fenwick: Handysize rates “horrible”
Hong Kong: Rates for handysizes are “horrible” says a niche Hong Kong shipowner and the sector is likely to go…
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Paragon Shipping: “We shipowners are normally reckless and destroy our own market”
Athens: Michael Bodouroglou is in a reflective mood when Maritime CEO comes knocking at his door. He’s been mulling the…
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Freight Investor Services: Shipping recovery “pretty firm”
London: Shipping’s recovery looks “pretty firm”, according to John Banaszkiewicz, managing director of derivatives broker Freight Investor Services (FIS). The…
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Grieg: Midway through biggest ever newbuilding program
Bergen: One of the leading players in the open hatch segment, Bergen-based Grieg Star, a part of the Grieg Group,…
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Valles Steamship: Steady times
Hong Kong: Late last year Kingsley Koo, a director at the venerable 104-year-old shipping firm Valles Steamship, became chairman of…
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Globus Maritime: Follow the charter rates
Athens: While the supply/demand balance in the dry bulk trades has improved the sector has not yet recovered, which will…
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Thoresen Shipping: 50 percent fleet growth this year
Singapore: In terms of percentage fleet growth few Asian dry bulk owners are growing faster than Thoresen Shipping this year.…
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Commodore Research: Bullish on China iron ore
New York: With the next issue of Maritime CEO magazine just one week away from the printers we return today…
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China’s latest terminal regulations keep valemaxes at bay
Beijing: The Ministry of Transport has published its latest regulations on coastal terminal berthing capacity, which will come into effect…
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Belships: Dry bulk pure play
Oslo: Norway’s Belships plans to stay focused on dry bulk. While in the past it has been a company with…
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RightShip: Further 1,158 vessels deemed substandard in 2013
Melbourne: RightShip, the third party vetting specialists, struck off a total of 1,158 vessels from its customers’ supply chains last…
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Santana Shipping: Looking to build another fleet
Hong Kong: Always an acute reader of the dry bulk trades William Swigart (pictured centre), a co-founder and owner of…
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