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Is This a Good Time to Start Financing Panamax Bulkers?

Rebecca Galanopoulos

VesselsValue’s Timeseries product can be used to assess when may be a good time to start financing a specific vessel type. In this instance, we’ve taken a look at the Panamax sector and have compared newbuilding orders with demolition levels alongside trends in values. 

Values for Panamaxes have moved lower across most sub sectors and age ranges from the same period last year. Values for older 15 YO vessels of 80,000 DWT have seen the biggest drop, down by c.18.14%...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/19/is-this-a-good-time-to-start-financing-panamax-bulkers/

Death of Diplomacy – part 5

Thank you all for your comments on our last and today we will try to draw some interesting parallels to open your appetite / interest so we all try and create peace on Planet Ocean…

Shipbroking and in particular Ship Sale & Purchase is at the end of the day very much like Diplomacy, particularly in sorting out any dispute between two parties – or two or more nations.

In Ship Sale & Purchase, buyer and seller have to perform the Agreement, the MOA, which has been drawn up / construed after both...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/18/death-of-diplomacy-part-5/

BMT’s CEO Sarah Kenny speech on Ocean Opportunities

Just before Friday’s event on International Women in Maritime Day at the IMO HQs this coming Friday, we had on the 13 May 2025 a unique event at the iconic Trinity House with an excellent panel of speakers – see picture below, and will revert with the brief write up of the event soon. Here below we bring you verbatim the keynote speech by Sarah Kenny, BMT’s CEO. She was warmly applauded by the 200 strong audience:

Good afternoon everyone,

I am delighted to be here today, to kick off what...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/15/bmts-ceo-sarah-kenny-speech-on-ocean-opportunities/

Market report: Swell of optimism amid progress on China US trade deal

Susannah Streeter
  • Stocks rise after fruitful weekend negotiations between the US and China.
  • FTSE 100 trades higher at the start of the week, with a spring in its step.
  • Optimism looks set to spread to Wall Street, with strong start expected for S&P 500.
  • Gold prices fall back more than 1% to $3275 an ounce, as investors retreat a little from safe havens.
  • Heathrow records busiest ever April, despite trade turmoil and substation fire.
  • Brent Crude heads above $66 a barrel, near a two-week high. 

Susa...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/12/market-report-swell-of-optimism-amid-progress-on-china-us-trade-deal/

Death of Diplomacy – part 4

Further to our last back on the 8th of April , we are now entering the dire straits…

Here we go:

Alongside the Death of Diplomacy – and to an extent, of elements of Democracy – has come the birth of, let us call it, drone-ocracy. Stealthily-launched drones are a deadly nightmare in the great and small theatres of war, making a mockery of supposed ceasefires. Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and now Kashmir are among victim-territories of this ghastly modern form of weaponry, often supporting substantial...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/11/death-of-diplomacy-part-4/

FTSE 100 inches higher as India trade deal helps lift sentiment

Susannah Streeter
  • The FTSE 100 has risen for 16 consecutive sessions after inching over the line.
  • The index closed up 0.012% at 8597.
  • Gold miners among the biggest gainers as the precious metal rose in value.

Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown:

‘’The FTSE 100 was faltering earlier and looked set to take a breather from its winning streak but found more footing in late trading to inch higher. It’s closed higher, by a whisker, for the 16th session in a row....

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/06/ftse-100-inches-higher-as-india-trade-deal-helps-lift-sentiment/

Market Report: Central Banks in focus as FTSE 100 extends gains

  • UK markets eye up March’s all-time high
  • US equity slip-up gives gold a fresh bump
  • Palantir delivers, but falls under the pressure of weighty expectations
  • DoorDash dials up the heat with Deliveroo deal
  • Oil price stage a mini recovery

Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown:

“UK markets seem well-rested after the long weekend and are back this morning with a spring in their step, with the FTSE 100 up in early trading. It’s been quite the ride as the UK’s blue-chip index pushes...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/06/market-report-central-banks-in-focus-as-ftse-100-extends-gains/

Market report: Footloose footsie, Trump stays defiant and carmakers count the cost of tariffs

Susannah Streeter
  • The FTSE 100 continues its longest winning streak since 2017.
  • China shows weakness in manufacturing, putting pressure on energy prices.
  • Trump stays defiant in the face of market turmoil as he marks 100 days in office.
  • Amazon backtracks on plan to highlight cost of tariffs on some goods.
  • Marks and Spencer’s cyber chaos continues as hackers reportedly identified.
  • Volkswagen and Aston Martin count the cost of tariffs on the car industry.

Susannah Streeter, head of money and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/30/market-report-footloose-footsie-trump-stays-defiant-and-carmakers-count-the-cost-of-tariffs/

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