dry bulk shipping

Efforts are underway to retrieve a stricken bulk carrier off the coast of Cork, Ireland that went adrift Sunday after losing

Iron ore shipments from northern Australia, the world’s biggest exporter, and some offshore oil drilling were halted as a cyclone forecast to bring

British Virgin Islands-based firm Prosperity Investment Ltd has entered into an agreement today with China State Shipbuilding Corporation to build four, 64,000

Ports in Australia's Pilbara region, through which almost half of the world's seaborne iron ore is shipped, were sending ships out to sea on Saturday ahead of

Vale SA, the Brazilian iron ore mining giant has declared force majeure on a number of its iron ore sales contracts as a poor weather conditions have caused

"Operations are continuing and we are closely monitoring the situation," - Rio

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., the largest exporter of soybean meal from Brazil, plans to double the size of its South American fleet of river barges to boost

Ships waiting to be loaded with iron ore are seen at the Fortescue loading dock located at Port Hedland, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia December 3,

Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) — China has rejected more than half a million metric tons of genetically modified U.S. corn in November and December, almost three

The China Navigation Company (CNCo), the deep sea shipping arm of the multinational Swire Group, has announced today the signing of a conditional sale and

The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of costs to transport commodities by sea, is poised for its best quarter since 2011 on stronger Chinese demand for imports of

“Dry bulk recovery on the way: We are upgrading our maritime industries view to “In-Line” from “Cautious” as we see improved

Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) — Shipping is at the start of a two-year rally, led by advancing rates to haul coal, iron ore and grains, as fleet growth slows and

Scorpio was able to raise $305 million in gross

Rates for capesize bulk carriers on key Asian routes are set to remain firm going into next week due to bad weather in Australia and buoyant fixture activity

When importing a single cargo by sea requires an average of 36 original documents and 240 copies from 27 parties, the only wonder is that it has taken so long

India’s largest non-state owned shipping firm, Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd, announced plans today to expand their dry bulk fleet with an order to

Nickel, the worst performing base metal this year, offers investors the best opportunity for advances in early 2014 as Indonesia is poised to halt the export

Australia approved on Tuesday major dredging work to expand a coal shipping port adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef in a bid to attract more coal

This week I turn my attention to the coming IPO of Scorpio Bulkers Inc., an ambitious dry-cargo start-up led by the same management team as Scorpio Tankers