Latest Market Data
647 (-4) 03 Feb 2012 Baltic Dry Index
News
Larger handysize sector faces tonnage glut
Orderbook for ships in top-end of vessel class close to 50% of fleet
- Dry bulk workhorses have the best prospects
- Will lines find a path back to normality in 2012?
- Bigger is better for large boxship owners
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Capesizes dodge the worst of the dry market meltdown
Rates edge sideways as brokers look to mild improvement in February
Market goes quiet for China new year break -
Stabilisation of dry bulk asset values is imminent
Chief executives agree secondhand and newbuilding prices cannot go much lower
Shipping cannot count on money in the bank -
Glencore merger with Xstrata would threaten bulk trades
$80bn titan would firm its grip on a market plagued by overcapacity
Stabilisation of dry bulk asset values is...
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China Shipping Development separates dry bulk and tanker units
Simpler structure aims to boost efficiency
China Shipping Development signs $53m aframax deal -
Zero dollar rates reported as Atlantic supramax demand dwindles
No respite as shipowners chase dwindling cargoes
Piracy: Where do we go from here?
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Last Word
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Mind the gap
Noble founder takes the reins, but can he let go? -
From Brussels with love
Damanaki represents shipping with pride -
Oh what a circus!
All the fun of the fair as ICAP staff dress up to raise...
Commentary
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China bars Vale
Beijing puts ports off-limits to Brazil mine giant’s... -
Where is the money?
HNA inks another deal, but its business approach... -
Of owners and octopuses at ‘Greek pride’ night
Eighth awards ceremony chooses symbolic creature that...
Africa
Marampa exports mark an milestone for Sierra Leone
London Mining loads its first iron ore cargo from former war-torn state
Europe
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Baltic Dry Index hits 26-year low
Bulk carrier market indicator slumps to 662 points, below 2008 financial crash levels
Asia
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Intercargo issues transport guidelines for bulk vessels
66 seafarers killed in casualties involving nickel ore carriers
North America
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TBS International lands second delisting notice
Dry bulk company has until July to raise its share values
Central & South America
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Timeline — Vale Beijing
Five troubled months since South Korea launch
Daily Poll
Is China's ban on giant bulk carriers just a dressed-up Vale ban?
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Poll Archive
Analysis
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Dry market to edge up as tankers eye stability
The Week Ahead -
Pacific Basin sticks to its guns
Flexible fleet, sound finances and finding new... -
Market goes quiet for China new year break
VLCC rates should stay reasonably high this week -
Timeline — Vale Beijing
Five troubled months since South Korea launch
How big is the shipping finance market?
An insider’s guide to impressing your boss
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Special Reports
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Maritime Centres: Hong Kong
Underpinning Hong Kong’s advantage as a maritime centre... -
Maritime Centres: London
Tonnage tax key to success of UK’s maritime status -
Top European Ports
Hamburg to seize second spot from Antwerp while volumes... -
Annual Review 2011: Shipping rides out another storm
Success is a relative concept in shipping, but don’t...
