June 6th, 20190The general sentiment across the dry bulk market seems to be moving in a positive direction finally with a steady performance recorded across all segments in the past week, especially in the larger size segments. This has also been reflected in the stabilised sale and purchase prices. The volume of concluded deals also shot up this week...
May 30th, 20190This past week has seen healthy activities continue in the sale and purchase market in both the bulker and tanker segments with investor confidence further strengthened by the positive sentiment in the chartering markets. That confidence can also be reflected in the newbuilding market, which saw a generous round of fresh deals surfacing...
May 23rd, 20190The positive sentiment in the sale and purchase market continues to grow this week on the back of positive chartering signs in the larger size segments for both bulkers and tankers. The capesize market kept firming up while the VLCC market seems to have finally found some stability after volatilities seen in the past couple of months....
May 16th, 20190The sale and purchase market has experienced a good week for concluded volumes in both the bulker and tanker sectors. A busy Middle East VLCC market together with stabilised larger bulker segments have all boosted investor confidence after a rough start to the year. On the dry bulk charter market, according to Alibra’s latest weekly...
May 9th, 20190The extraordinary volatility within the dry bulk space continues to mute S&P deals. The spot market has seesawed in the past week with current events spooking participants more than actual market fundamentals. Mercifully for owners of large bulkers, demolition action is soaring. According to Intermodal’s latest weekly report,...
May 2nd, 20190The dry bulk market is seeing a slight and slow recovery and upward trend in the past week, particularly in the larger size segment, where the optimism continues to grow for the outlook for the rest of the year, which has also boosted investor confidence in the sale and purchase market. Concluded sales volumes were down this week however...
April 25th, 20190Following months of price fluctuations in the bulker sale and purchase market as the sector has been constantly correcting itself, secondhand prices have stablished in the past month. Allied Shipbroking's indicative dry bulk values show that the average price for bulkers in almost all sizes and age groups have kept at the same level...
April 18th, 20190The dry bulk sale and purchase market has seen another periodic slowdown this past week as sentiment remains soft in the dry bulk market. Buyer's interest remain firm as expectations of a future growth in the market have increased given the increasing scrapping activity seen in the first quarter. The big news of the week however has been...
April 11th, 20190The sale and purchase activity is picking up this week for both tankers and bulkers with buyers showing particular interest for smaller sized vessels. While the chartering market for larger size vessel segments continues to be volatile, market fundamentals for smaller ships have rebalanced and are firming up. According to Fearnleys...
April 4th, 20190Entering the second quarter of the year, the large size shipping sectors in both bulkers and tankers remain in the gloom, with disasters, global economic turbulence and geopolitical issues being the major worries in the market. George Lazaridis, head of research and valuations at Allied Shipbroking, believes the main damage being...
