dry bulk shipping


Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Labourers unload rice bags from a supply truck at India's main rice port at Kakinada Anchorage. Photo REUTERS/Rajendra Jadhav
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India Considers Exporting Some Stuck Rice Cargoes

By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI, Sept 21 (Reuters) – India is considering allowing the overseas shipment of some rice cargoes stuck at ports after

September 21, 2022
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Baltic Dry Index Jumps 11% on Strong Demand Across Vessel Segments
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Baltic Dry Index Jumps 11% on Strong Demand Across Vessel Segments

The Baltic Dry Index is now up almost 80% from its 52-week low of 965 points recorded on August 31st. Sept 20 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s

September 20, 2022
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Dry bulk coal shipping. ImagineStock/Shutterstock
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Drybulk Shipping Market: A Dead Cat Bounce Or…?

By Barry Parker (gCaptain) – Shipping markets are always full of surprises. Containers have eased, tankers have boomed, and drybulk continues to be

September 13, 2022
Total Views: 2244

Thursday, August 25, 2022
bulk carrier at sea
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Baltic Dry Index Falls Sharply as Capesize Rates Plunge 30%

Aug 25 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index .BADI registered its worst fall in three months on

August 25, 2022
Total Views: 1108

Thursday, August 18, 2022
capesize bulk carrier
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Baltic Exchange’s Capesize Index Logs Biggest Single-Day Decline in Over Two Years

Aug 18 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell on Thursday as capesize vessel rates saw their biggest daily plunge

August 18, 2022
Total Views: 1042

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
U.N. Expects ‘Big Uptick’ in the Supply of Ships for Ukraine Grain
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U.N. Expects ‘Big Uptick’ in the Supply of Ships for Ukraine Grain

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Aug 10 (Reuters) – The United Nations expects a “big uptick” in ships wanting to export Ukraine

August 10, 2022
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
A navios bulk carrier underway at sea
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Navios Partners Grows Drybulk Fleet with Acquisition of 36 Ships from Navios Holdings

Navios Maritime Holdings (NYSE: $NM) announced today a definitive agreement to sell its 36-vessel drybulk fleet to sister company Navios Maritime Partners

July 27, 2022
Total Views: 2437

Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Europe Needs More LNG & Coal Ships ASAP
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Europe Needs More LNG & Coal Ships ASAP

By Elena Mazneva (Bloomberg) European natural gas prices rose to the highest level in almost four months on persistent supply concerns amid the worst energy

July 5, 2022
Total Views: 4878

Saturday, May 14, 2022
India Bans Wheat Exports
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India Bans Wheat Exports

By Rajendra Jadhav, Mayank Bhardwaj and Nigam Prusty MUMBAI, May 14 (Reuters) – India banned wheat exports on Saturday days after saying it was

May 14, 2022
Total Views: 2026

A dockyard worker watches as barley grain is mechanically poured into a 40,000 ton ship at an Ukrainian agricultural exporter's shipment terminal in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolaev July 9, 2013.
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Germany Accuses Putin of Provoking the Global Food Crisis

By Iain Rogers, Katharina Rosskopf and Arne Delfs May 14, 2022 (Bloomberg) –German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock accused Russia of deliberately

May 14, 2022
Total Views: 1389

Friday, May 13, 2022
Romanian Port Races Against Clock to Move Ukrainian Grain
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Romanian Port Races Against Clock to Move Ukrainian Grain

By Luiza Ilie CONSTANTA, Romania, May 13 (Reuters) – Pressed into emergency service by the blockade of Ukraine’s seaports by Russian invaders,

May 13, 2022
Total Views: 6160

Tuesday, May 10, 2022
bow of a dry bulk carrier at anchor
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Baltic Dry Index Close to 5-Month Peak on Stronger Rates

May 10 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index rose to a near five-month high on Tuesday, as rates rose for all vessel

May 10, 2022
Total Views: 806

Thursday, May 5, 2022
United Grain and ILWU Reach Labor Deal at Major Pacific Northwest Grain Export Terminal
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United Grain and ILWU Reach Labor Deal at Major Pacific Northwest Grain Export Terminal

The negotiating committees representing Longshore workers from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 4 union and management from the

May 5, 2022
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Saturday, April 30, 2022
grain ship Unity N loading in Romania
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First Ship With Ukrainian Corn Departs Romania

By Megan Durisin (Bloomberg) Enough grain has made its way out of Ukraine to fill an export vessel in neighboring Romania, marking a small but important first

April 30, 2022
Total Views: 9869

Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Grain is loaded onto a ship in Odessa, Ukraine, August 9, 2021
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Rising Freight Puts Heavy Burden on Grain-Importing Nations -ICS

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — The war in Ukraine will put further pressure on grain-importing countries in Africa and Asia as a reduced number of vessels

April 19, 2022
Total Views: 4610

Monday, April 11, 2022
ships at anchor
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477 Bulkers Are Stuck Waiting To Enter China

By Ann Koh and Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) Dotting the sea off Chinese ports are 477 bulk cargo ships waiting to deliver resources from metal ore to grain into

April 11, 2022
Total Views: 14284

Sunday, April 10, 2022
Grain is loaded onto a ship in Odessa, Ukraine, August 9, 2021
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War To Slash Ukraine’s GDP Output By Over 45%

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s economic output will likely contract by a staggering 45.1% this year as

April 10, 2022
Total Views: 1262

Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Grain is loaded onto a ship in Odessa, Ukraine, August 9, 2021
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How the $120 Billion Global Grain Trade Is Being Redrawn by Russia’s War in Ukraine

By Megan Durisin, Pratik Parija and Irina Anghel (Bloomberg) — Across Ukraine’s farm belt, silos are bursting with 15 million tons

April 5, 2022
Total Views: 5462

Monday, March 28, 2022
bulk carrier underway
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Capital Link’s International Shipping Forum Drybulk Panel: ‘You Pinch Yourself’

The drybulk panel at Capital Link’s International Shipping Forum (now in its 16th year) proved to be lively, to say the least, as shipowner participants

March 28, 2022
Total Views: 958

Monday, March 21, 2022
ship loads grain at the port of Odessa, Ukraine
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Ukraine Could Lose $6 Billion in Grain Exports with Ports Blocked

By Silvia Aloisi and Pavel Polityuk LVIV, March 21 (Reuters) – Ukraine faces a possible grain revenue loss of $6 billion as the blockade of its

March 21, 2022
Total Views: 4251