dry bulk shipping

Argentina’s largest grain exporting port in Rosario could remain blocked for about a week after a ship ran aground in the main channel of the Parana River,

Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has announced the signed newbuild order for two firm bulk carriers, plus two options from Bohi Industry, the Chinese

In a deal announced this week, five capesizes under construction at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding in China, as well as 2013-built capesize bulker will be

March 11 (Bloomberg) — The Indonesian Navy seized 2,822 metric tons of tin from a vessel last week on suspicion the shipment failed to meet government

Iron ore extended its slide into a bear market, plunging the most since August 2009, amid concerns about a possible slowdown in

Shipowners, investors and analysts, who have been expecting for some time to see the dry bulk orderbook, as well as the overall shipping orderbook, to decline

PRESS RELEASE – ATHENS, Greece (March 5, 2014) – Paragon Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PRGN) (“Paragon Shipping” or the

Dry bulk carrier Golden Ocean Group Ltd expects double-digit growth in global iron ore trade in 2014, helping its markets pick up momentum and improving rates,

MEXICO CITY, March 3 (Reuters) – Mexico seized more than 119,000 tonnes of minerals suspected of being part of illegal export operations in a port where

The dry bulk shipping market continues to see the fleet and orderbook grow.  In January 2014, the worldwide capacity of dry bulk vessels grew by nearly 8

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a 590-foot bulk carrier that ran aground Wednesday night in the Elizabeth River near Hospital Point in Portsmouth,

BEIJING, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Vale SA will launch in March the first phase of its iron ore storage and distribution centre in Malaysia that

Rates for capesize bulk carriers on key Asian routes are set for mixed fortunes next week, with buoyancy on the Australia to China trade counterbalanced by a

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. hired Blackstone Advisory Partners LP to explore a debt restructuring after the operator of dry-bulk cargo ships missed a $3.1

New tighter Chinese restrictions on Brazilian miner Vale's Chinamax ore carriers are "technical" and are likely to be resolved over time, Vale's head of iron

By Manolo Serapio Jr and David Stanway SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Feb 14 (Reuters) – China will only allow ships with capacity of up to 250,000 deadweight tonnes

Food importers in Asia are switching from dry bulk cargo ships to container vessels, which normally carry goods such as toys and TVs, as they offer a way to

At the end of January, a municipal power failure caused South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) to shut down while shipments of coal continued

The shipping industry is poised to emerge from its longest downturn in three decades, buoyed by an end to years of overcapacity that have depressed freight

Chinese importers canceled purchases of four cargoes of U.S. corn this week, after one cargo was diverted to Vietnam last week, U.S. government data showed on