dry bulk shipping

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Shipping companies that transport commodities such as coal, iron ore and grain face a painful year ahead,

LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Commodities trading firm Trafigura expects tougher conditions in tanker markets next year as weaker world economy prospects

By Manisha Jha (Bloomberg) — Investors betting that China’s near- insatiable appetite for industrial raw materials will drive global economic growth

Dec 7 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities fell on Monday on sliding

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Vale SA said on Friday that it plans to sell its 11 remaining Valemax iron ore carriers and lease them back in

Dec 4 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities fell for the third

By Jasmine Ng (Bloomberg) — Most-active iron ore futures in Singapore sank below $40 a metric ton for the first time on concern that the economic

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) – A slump in dry bulk shipping is set to worsen as the meltdown in global commodities and too many ships free

By Manisha Jha and Naomi Christie (Bloomberg) — The cost of shipping commodities fell to a record, amid signs that Chinese demand growth for iron ore and

Tokyo-based international classification society ClassNK has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to a 98,000 DWT bulk carrier fueled by LNG. The concept design

  By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Freight rates for capesize bulk carriers could slip further next week as too many ships available

  By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Freight rates for capesize bulk carriers could bottom next week as owners resist charterers’

Oct 13 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell on Tuesday,

  LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Dry bulk shipping faces more earnings pain as a slowdown in commodities demand and a glut of ships are expected to pile

  Sept 30 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry-bulk commodities, fell on

  By Henning Gloystein and Denny Thomas SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, Sept 29 (Reuters) – A Japanese shipper filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday and global

  (The following statement was released by the rating agency) LONDON, September 28 (Fitch) China’s slower growth and economic transition will pose

  In a very interesting recent transaction in the dry bulk market, Sea Traders of Greece has acquired at auction in China eight modern dry bulk vessels,

  By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Danish shipping company Torm said on Wednesday it would withdraw from the lacklustre dry bulk

  By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Danish shipping company D/S Norden plans to cut the number of vessel types it operates to help it