Dry Cargo
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Diana Shipping starts year with Solebay cape charter
New York-listed Greek bulker owner Diana Shipping has started the year with a time charter deal with Hong Kong-based Solebay…
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Greek bulker suffers mechanical failure in the Suez Canal
Three tugs managed to assist a dry cargo ship that had suffered a technical failure briefly this morning in the…
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Derek Langston joins Braemar
London-listed broker Braemar has raided rival SSY to appoint a new global head of dry cargo research. Derek Langston, a…
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Japan’s big three lines brace for challenging year ahead
As is customary in the first week of January, the heads of Japan’s big three shipping lines have given new…
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China partially lifts Australian coal ban
The largest story breaking in the new year for dry bulk has been a reported partial lifting of China’s unofficial…
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Futures supports FFA volume growth
The latest figures compiled from the clearing houses have underlined the continued depth of the market for freight derivatives, both…
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Eagle Bulk Shipping takes fleet to 54 with $24.3m ultramax buy
US-based Eagle Bulk Shipping has expanded its fleet with the purchase of a 2015-built ultramax bulker for $24.3m. The Chengxi…
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Year of two halves for dry bulk
Like yesterday’s tanker outlook, analysts reckon 2023 will be better for dry bulk in the second half of the year…
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Swedish charterers map out green fleet renewal
DNV and the Responsible Shipping Initiative (RSI), an alliance of Swedish dry bulk charterers, have launched a feasibility study to…
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Norvic Shipping adds new funds to support growth plans
Canadian dry bulk operator Norvic Shipping has secured a $42.5m loan with a syndicate of major US lenders. The Toronto-based…
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Sharma taps former Eastern Pacific head to run his shipowning empire
Anil Sharma has tapped a well-known name to head up his fast expanding shipowning empire. Best known for his ship…
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Seanergy adds Japanese capesize as it ships out two oldest ships to spinoff United Maritime
Greek capesize owner Seanergy Maritime has acquired the 2012-built vessel from Japan’s Nissen Kaiun and sold two of its oldest…
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Oshima will start construction of first bulk carrier at newly acquired yard in April
Japan’s Oshima Shipbuilding has completed the takeover of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works (Koyagi), with plans to…
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Diana Shipping fixes bulkers to Western Bulk and Glencore’s ST Shipping
Greece’s Diana Shipping has landed two new time charter deals worth at least $5.77m. The Semiramis Paliou-led owner of 43…
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2020 Bulkers switches newcastlemax pair to fixed deals and seals charter extensions
Norway’s 2020 Bulkers has switched a pair of its newcastlemax bulk carriers from index-linked charter to Koch Shipping into a…
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Grindrod delisting on the cards as Taylor Maritime secures 83%
London-listed Taylor Maritime Investments (TMI) has closed its offer to acquire all of the issued ordinary shares in Grindrod Shipping,…
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Eagle Bulk Shipping to move listing to NYSE from Nasdaq
US-based Eagle Bulk Shipping will transfer the listing of its shares from the Nasdaq Global Select Market (Nasdaq) to the…
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Himalaya Shipping seals another newcastlemax fixture
Oslo-listed Himalaya Shipping has struck a new charter deal, fixing one of its newcastlemax dry bulk carriers currently under construction…
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Diana Shipping fixes panamax to Cargill
Greece’s Diana Shipping has penned a time charter deal with commodity trading giant Cargill for the 2013-built panamax bulk carrier…
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2022: The year shipping made do without China
Shipping is never dull, and the moment you feel it might be is probably the time to seek a different…
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