The forward freight agreement (FFA) market is now worth $100bn, but the shipping community as a whole still has much to learn from the sector, delegates attending this week’s Geneva Dry were told. Since 2020 onwards there has been a sharp increase in FFAs, bringing a big increase in liquidity...
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Tariffs on, tariffs off, tariffs on, tariffs off… the world’s traders are dancing the commodity hokey-cokey to the hurdy-gurdy daily churn of US trade and foreign policy. The one conclusion that everyone can agree on is that life is going to become more expensive in the coming few years as the cost...
Maritime executives in Hong Kong are putting a brave face on the exodus of ships from its shipping register as shipowners take fright over the growing rift between China and the Donald Trump-led US. Another 12 ships left the Hong Kong flag last month, the register now down by more than 200 vessels...
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Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison reached a blockbuster mega deal with BlackRock and Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) to sell 80% of its giant ports division for $22.8bn in a record-breaking ports transaction that covers 43 ports comprising 199 berths in 23 countries. The deal has been viewed very poorly...
It seems like Maersk has gone from “All the Way to Zero” to “All the Way to Lowest Fuel Costs”. It’s zero slogan has been emblazoned on methanol dual-fuelled ships coming out of South Korea for the past couple of years, but the Danish carrier now looks to have bowed to economics, turning to a …
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The creation by five major broking houses this month of Ocean Recap has got the industry talking about how the business of fixing is changing, discussion of which forms the lead in the February issue of Splash Extra. Five of the world’s leading shipbroking firms—Arrow, Gibson Shipbrokers, Howe...
Uno de los grandes puntos de conversación de este mes en el envío de vagabundos ha sido la creación de un rival para la plataforma SEA respaldada por Clarksons, poniendo en tela de juicio el futuro de la fijación. Cinco de las principales empresas de arbitraje del mundo, Arrow, Gibson Shipbrokers,...
Shipping is reeling from what could be the most seismic decision to effect the industry yet in the opening weeks of Donald Trump’s second term in office. The American president will make a decision, likely in around a month’s time, on whether to carry out suggestions made by the office of the US...
One of this month’s big talking points in tramp shipping has been the creation of a rival to the Clarksons-backed SEA platform, bringing into question the future of fixing. Five of the world’s leading shipbroking firms—Arrow, Gibson Shipbrokers, Howe Robinson, IFCHOR Galbraiths and SSY—have united...
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Is life at sea set to become easier, safer, and cheaper to manage? That’s sort of the angle posed by 14 questions set by our team alongside our friends at Inmarsat in a new survey seeking reader input on how ship operations will change in the coming decade with results due to be published in …
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