This was another non-decisive week with the main motive being the total lack of any clear direction and trend. We feel that going this way o...

This was another week of mixed feelings that failed to give us any real sense of direction. However we feel that the Large ships, namely the...

This was a week of mixed feelings and mixed sentiments with no certain trends that can be clearly seen to be developing. To the contrary mor...

Dear Readers, I'm sure you've all read the interesting rumours regarding VLBCs (and/or Chinamaxes) and VLCCs. What puts these behe...

 Last week was “saved by the Panamaxes”, this week it was the Panamax sector that suffered the most. Increased volatility, greater fluctuati...

Dear Readers, It seems that our worries about the drop in the value of the dollar are not only felt by us, but by the financial community ...

Dear Readers, In a previous post, our reader Omiros Angelidis (of CERES LNG Services / BG LNG Services), asked me to research and write abo...

Dear Readers, As you no doubt have noticed, there has been a big debate over the $600 billion for Ben Bernanke's "long-term treas...

Once again the week was “saved” by the Panamaxes. What could have been an all red and negative week was marginally salvaged by the BPI that ...

Dear Readers, As you will no doubt have noticed our CEO, John N. Cotzias, has been co-hosting the "Shipping Report" on Channel9,...

Mr Roger Agnelli CEO of Brazilian mining giant Vale said on Monday that he expects iron ore prices to average between USD 130 per tonne to ...

The Karnataka government’s ban on mining and movement of iron ore in the state has impacted the business of New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT)...

Global wheat production will return to surplus next year, but not by enough to refill inventories by more than a fraction, Macquarie has s...

Australia, India and Indonesia are under the gun to expand port capacity so exporters can cash in on China's commodities boom or face l...

Yet another week passed by with China being the drive force of the main size segment the Capes. All indices went down during this week with...