dry bulk shipping


Wednesday, December 17, 2014
China Demand Drop Pushes Iron Ore Shipping Rates to 5-Year Low
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China Demand Drop Pushes Iron Ore Shipping Rates to 5-Year Low

Iron ore and shipping costs plunged to the lowest in five years amid signs China’s slowing economic growth and a glut of the commodity are sapping seaborne

December 17, 2014
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News

Scorpio Changes Tack on Capesize Newbuild Plan

Scorpio Bulkers announced today that it has partially scrapped its Capesize newbuild plan and will instead be replacing six of their Capesize orders with an

December 17, 2014
Total Views: 38

Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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Pioneer Marine’s Handysize Fleet Continues to Grow

Since establishing his company in September 2013 and subsequently listing on the Norwegian OTC in March, Pankaj Khanna has positioned his dry bulk shipping

December 9, 2014
Total Views: 57

Thursday, December 4, 2014
MOL Coal Carrier Named ‘Bulk Ship of the Year’
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MOL Coal Carrier Named ‘Bulk Ship of the Year’

The new ECO coal carrier MV Soma Maru has been named the "Bulk Ship of the Year" at the International Bulk Journal Awards 2014 held in Rotterdam last

December 4, 2014
Total Views: 187

Friday, November 28, 2014
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Engineering News

Mexico Orders New Salt Transporter from Nantong Rainbow

Mexico’s state-controlled Exportadora de Sal SA (ESSA), one of the world’s largest salt exporters with a 10-million-ton annual production, has ordered

November 28, 2014
Total Views: 167

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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News

Iron Ore Drops Below $70 for First Time Since ’09 as Glut Widens

Iron ore traded below $70 for the first time in five years as rising low-cost supplies by the world’s top miners widen a global glut amid slowing demand from

November 25, 2014
Total Views: 26

Friday, November 21, 2014
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Q3 Below Expectations for Dry Bulk Shipper Golden Ocean Group

Dry bulk shipping firm Golden Ocean reported third-quarter earnings below expectations on Friday and said charter rates remained too low to ensure

November 21, 2014
Total Views: 37

Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Iron Ore’s Rout Seen Relentless by SocGen
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Iron Ore’s Rout Seen Relentless by SocGen

Iron ore fell for a fifth day, approaching $70 a dry ton in a retreat to the lowest level in more than five years as seaborne supplies

November 19, 2014
Total Views: 46

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Tug Engineers Plan Short Strike at Australian Iron Ore Port

Tug boat engineers at Port Hedland, Australia's biggest iron ore port, plan to hold a four-hour work stoppage on Nov. 22, tug operator Teekay Shipping

November 19, 2014
Total Views: 154

Monday, November 10, 2014
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News

Port Hedland Officers, Deckhands Settle as Engineers Strike

Tugboat masters and deckhands at Australia’s Port Hedland, the world’s largest bulk export terminal, voted to accept a new labor agreement, said Teekay

November 10, 2014
Total Views: 45

Friday, November 7, 2014
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Noble Group Profit Rises Sevenfold as Commodity Shipments Surge

Noble Group Ltd., Asia’s biggest commodity trader by revenue, said third-quarter profit jumped almost sevenfold as it shipped a third more

November 7, 2014
Total Views: 49

Monday, November 3, 2014
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Baltic Index Rises On Higher Capesize Rates

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks freight rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Monday on firmer rates for bigger

November 3, 2014
Total Views: 39

Thursday, October 30, 2014
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News

NORDEN Recruits Jan Rindbo for Top Role

40-year-0ld Jan Rindbo has resigned from his post today as Chief Operating Officer at Pacific Basin Shipping, one of the world’s largest dry cargo

October 30, 2014
Total Views: 133

Tuesday, October 21, 2014
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Capesize Rates Rise Most On Record

Daily rates for Capesize vessels hauling about 160,000 metric tons of iron ore jumped 38 percent to $12,580 today, according to the Baltic Exchange in

October 21, 2014
Total Views: 45

Friday, October 17, 2014
Researchers Map Tasman Bridge Disaster Shipwreck in Stunning Detail
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Researchers Map Tasman Bridge Disaster Shipwreck in Stunning Detail

Australian researchers have used some new sonar equipment to capture stunning imagery of the shipwreck of the MV Lake Illawarra bulk carrier, which tragically

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 376

Thursday, October 16, 2014
Eagle Bulk Shares Soar After Debt Cut By 80 Percent
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Eagle Bulk Shares Soar After Debt Cut By 80 Percent

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc's shares shot up to as much as $15.46 from 68 cents as the company cut its borrowings by about 80 percent after converting debt into

October 16, 2014
Total Views: 53

Monday, October 13, 2014
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Australian Coal Exports Reach Record Levels

Australian coal miners are shrugging off a global glut of the fuel, exporting a record 158.5 million tonnes in the January-September period from the key mining

October 13, 2014
Total Views: 85

Friday, October 10, 2014
Valemax Iron Ore Carrier Docks at China Port After Deals
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Valemax Iron Ore Carrier Docks at China Port After Deals

A giant iron-ore freighter owned by Vale SA was allowed to dock at a Chinese port last week, Reuters data showed, the first since the Brazilian miner signed

October 10, 2014
Total Views: 134

Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Knightsbridge and Golden Ocean Group Merger Creates Dry Bulk Giant
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Knightsbridge and Golden Ocean Group Merger Creates Dry Bulk Giant

Dry bulk shippers Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSE: GOGL) and Knightsbridge Shipping Ltd (Nasdaq: VLCCF) have entered into an agreement today to merge resulting

October 7, 2014
Total Views: 168

Monday, October 6, 2014
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World Steelmakers See Demand Growth Cooling Amid Ukraine Crisis

Steel consumption will grow at a slower pace as the crisis in Ukraine and the cooling Chinese real estate market contribute to declining demand, the World

October 6, 2014
Total Views: 66