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→EU Needs to Speed Up Approvals of Asian Shipbreaking Yards
The EU should faster approve Asian shipbreaking yards to allow the implementation of regulations.
read more →Bulker Spot Market Set for New Year Fall
The dry bulk market, which posted more positive freight rates in October, is set to plummet by January 2018 with ...
read more →MSI: Shipyards Still in Fight for Survival
After a painful decade in which the shipping industry has suffered from an unhealthy supply position, a sustained ...
read more →MSI: Strong Dry Bulk Market May Not Persist in 2H
Although the recovery of bulk carrier earnings has fired sale and purchase activity, values and new orders, market ...
read more →MSI: Is the Boxship Industry Really Recovering?
Following the first quarter of 2017 optimism seen in the containership industry, as well as the sentiment shift in ...
read more →MSI: Boxship Sector Entering Calmer Waters
The containership sector has started 2017 in a positive mood, with each of the industry’s drivers - ...
read more →MSI: Port Stocks and Politics to Determine Dry Bulk Fortunes
Although the bulk carrier markets began 2017 in reasonably robust form, Maritime Strategies International (MSI) has ...
read more →MSI: Strong Dry Bulk Market Unlikely to Last
The welcome surge in dry bulk market’s spot earnings at the end of 2016 is unlikely to last long into 2017, ...
read more →MSI: Major Gains in Crude Tanker Market to Be Limited
The crude tanker market is forecast to experience a limited winter upturn, as only the Very Large Crude Carrier ...
read more →Container Shipping Industry Still under Pressure
Whilst freight rates have improved marginally from the extreme lows seen over the middle of the year, the entire ...
read more →MSI: BWMC to Recover Dry Bulk Market?
Despite being beset with technical challenges and shipowners opposition, the implementation of the IMO Ballast ...
read more →Container Lines Shift Focus from Technology to Flexibility
Container lines have shifted their focus towards alliance structures for operational efficiency, rather than ...
read more →MSI: Tanker Market Conditions Causing Headaches for Owners
Current conditions in the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) freight market are not entirely attributed to ...
read more →MSI: Dry Bulk Market Could Recover in 4th Quarter
The dry bulk markets are expected to see a fourth quarter bounce in chartering activity for both the Capesize and ...
read more →MSI: Future Shipping Cycles to See Structural Change
Excess shipyard capacity and a slowing but still considerable orderbook are the negative factors overhanging ...
read more →MSI: Capesize Upturn Remains Fragile
A rise in iron ore trade, higher steel prices and increased scrapping have been the main factors in the recent ...
read more →MSI: Tanker Earnings to Bounce Back in Q2
VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax and product tanker rates are expected to rebound in the second quarter of 2016 supported by ...
read more →February Brings Flickers of Improvement for Boxships
There have been some ‘flickers of improvement’ in February in the container shipping industry after an opening to ...
read more →Idle Boxship Fleet Approaching New Record
The global containership fleet made idle this year is set to reach a new record, surpassing the 1.5m TEU mark set ...
read more →MSI: Earnings in Dry Bulk Market to Rebound in Q2 of 2016
As Capesize asset values hit their 16-year lows amid weak dry bulk fundamentals and partly driven by very weak ...
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