dry bulk shipping

By Tiffany Kary and Michael McDonald (Bloomberg) — A fund linked to Harvard University kept sinking money into a dry-bulk shipping business even while

  By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE Sept 17 (Reuters) – Freight rates for capesize bulk carriers could continue to recover as ship owners scent the

  Athens-based dry bulk shipping company DryShips, Inc. announced Monday agreements to sell 17 vessels and says its remaining fleet is now held for sale,

  Sept 10 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell on

  By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Freight rates for capesize bulk carriers are set to slide further next week, after falling to their

  By Sinead Carew Aug 7 (Reuters) – Maritime stocks have broadly fallen this year as weak demand for some commodities and goods in Asia and

  By Manisha Jha and Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) — The cost of hiring a ship to haul iron ore more than doubled in the last month amid speculation that

By Naomi Christie (Bloomberg) — The bear market in iron ore is sending Chinese steel mills on a bargain hunt and giving shipping companies their best

  By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, July 23 (Reuters) – Freight rates for capesize bulk carriers are likely to hold steady next week although a rush of

  By Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) — The shipping industry is the most pessimistic in six years about its prospects as a fleet surplus persists, according

BEIJING, June 8 (Reuters) – China’s coal imports slumped 41 percent in May from a year earlier to 14.25 million tonnes and were down sharply on

By Keith Wallis   SINGAPORE, June 4 (Reuters) – Rates for capesize bulk carriers could diverge next week, holding steady in the Pacific on healthy

Dry bulk shipping firm Golden Ocean reported first-quarter earnings below forecasts on Thursday and said its market had gone from "bad to worse" with market

Brazilian miner Vale said on Tuesday it agreed to sell four large iron ore carriers to China Merchants Energy Shipping Co (CMES), as it looks to raise cash in

How bad is the market for shipping commodities across the world’s oceans? Consider that more than 100 vessels will probably be scrapped this year -- a record

Danish shipping company D/S Norden beat first-quarter operating profit forecasts on Tuesday, boosting its shares by as much as 9

At a recent shipping conference, we were asked to present on the topic of smart investments in shipping given the present phase of the business cycle. The

[contextly_sidebar id=”blTEeOrrbM06h22rx3534xyHBlK76W9e”]The Capesize dry bulk demolition market is off to its busiest start ever in 2015 amid some

The Capesize demolition market is off to its busiest start ever in 2015 amid some of the lowest dry bulk freight rates in the last three decades. According to

Shipping freight rates, which have hit record lows this year, are set to remain weak for the rest of the decade or longer as there are too many ships and