freight rates

(Bloomberg) — Iron ore is poised to decline through the end of March as China, the world’s largest user, has a week-long holiday next month and

(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s biggest state-owned crude producer, booked a tanker to haul a cargo to the U.S. Gulf Coast next

(Bloomberg) — Iron ore and coal shipping costs slid for a fifth day amid speculation storms in Australia are curbing demand for vessels carrying the

Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) — Earnings for the largest oil tankers plying the industry’s busiest trade route plunged 76 percent, nearing a reversion to

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) — The glut of supertankers competing for 2 million-barrel cargoes of Persian Gulf oil expanded to the highest in more than four

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — Demand to ship dry-bulk commodities will exceed fleet growth in the year’s second half as the freight market begins to

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — Trafigura Beheer BV agreed to buy three medium-range tankers to carry refined oil products such as gasoline, its first purchase of

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — The gap between liquefied natural gas prices in Asia and the Atlantic will keep trades between the regions profitable through the

Jan 18 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry commodities, rose on Friday for a

Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container line, said the industry needs to raise prices by as much as

The surplus of the largest oil tankers available for loading in the Middle East rebounded from a six-week low, according to a Bloomberg News survey. There are

Rates to ship liquefied natural gas are gaining as the gap between prices in Europe and Asia is set to widen throughout the winter. A vessel was booked for

D/S Norden AS, Europe’s biggest commodity-shipping company, is betting that transport rates will continue to slump this year, a wager that will help it

The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of commodity shipping costs, rose for the first time since November, lifted by gains for the largest vessels as miners sought

Returns for the biggest oil tankers hauling Middle East crude to Asia, the industry’s benchmark route, fell for a fourth session as the year-end holiday

Earnings for ships that haul liquefied gases, cars and oil products are most likely to recover this year amid a continued glut of merchant vessels that may

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container line, rose the most in six weeks in Copenhagen trading on bets a deal on the U.S. budget

(Bloomberg) — Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. said its container-shipping arm, Asia’s third-biggest, had the first quarterly profit since 2010 because of

HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. (0316.HK) plans to raise rates again for container shipments for the north-Europe-to-Asia route

Norway-listed Jinhui Shipping & Transportation Ltd. (JIN.OS), a ship owner, charter and investment company, Tuesday warned that it expects to record a