Michelle Wiese Bockmann

Vessel values calculated instantly as broker launches sale & purchase website

Appraisals for individual ships can be found online by simply inputting an IMO number
Private security tackles pirates but fears raised over industry ‘cowboys’

Calls for code of practice to guide armed guards on vessels, now used on around 10% of transits in the Indian Ocean
IMO to discuss private armed security guidelines

Providers will be vetted by shipowners and operators to keep out ‘cowboys’
Vale in name protest against China load ruling

Brazilian mining giant dubs VLOC fleet Valemaxes
Vale’s VLOCs have ‘killed’ capesize market

Commodities giant’s shipping strategy has depressed global capesize freight rates until 2014, claim dry bulk shipowners

Seafarer’s late night call that revealed human cost of piracy
Groundbreaking study explores the psychological damage done to kidnapped crew
Post-piracy care for seafarers
The clinical study has already produced some interim documents to guide companies about what to do to help crew
Libyan oil dries up as Gaddafi attacks rebel-held fields
International Energy Agency report dashes hope of fresh exports
High oil prices could hurt global economy, warns IEA
The International Energy Agency maintained its outlook for global oil demand in 2011, while warning that prices above $100 per barrel are starting to hurt the global economy
Yard failures on way, warns broker
Barry Rogliano Salles says it is a surprise there have ‘not been more bankruptcies among shipbuilders to date’
High US pump prices to hit gasoline demand
The highest US pump prices since 2008 will sap demand for gasoline just as the country’s vacation season starts
Dynacom tanker departs Libya after loading oil
Equator heading for Singapore with a 130,000 tonne cargo of crude oil
Höegh LNG unveils plans to invest $1bn in FRSUs
Norwegian shipowner in order for two vessels and four options at Hyundai Heavy Industries
Libya oil export tanker loading delayed
Equator, chartered by Vitol, faces two-week delay, according to fresh broker reports
Why shipping needs its own Richard Branson
Some of the world’s most powerful but lowest-profile owners and charterers avoid the glare of attention, like cockroaches crawling under a rock