The benchmark Baltic Dry Index (BDI) dropped below the psychological threshold of 1,000 points on Wednesday. The index dropped 4.83% to 966 points on 8 January.

Buyer signs up to $2bn credit facility to fund acquisition, and is committed to fully acquire tanker owner in 2027.

Can the dry bulk shipping market turn around from the slump in Q4 2024, or will supply of new ships out weigh demand?

Michèle Labrut is a long-time Panama resident, a journalist and correspondent, and has continuously covered the maritime sector of Central & Latin America. Michèle first came to Panama as a ...

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In the first episode of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast for 2025 you will hear from Maritime Strategies International (MSI) analysts Adam Kent, Daniel Richards, Will Fray, and Tim Smith. They will ...

The Middle East & Africa continue to be areas of huge growth for the maritime, shipping and logistics sectors. The report looks at what has made the news in 2023 across the GCC with a special ...

Cosco Shipping Bulk has inked a contract for ten 82,000 dwt bulk carriers with Jiangsu Hantong Heavy Industry. The vessels will be charted to Chinese financial service provider Everbright ...

Since control of Piraeus was sold to China’s Cosco, the country’s largest port, has become the fastest growing container port in the world according to PortEconomics, the web-based initiative ...

Höegh Autoliners announced it has signed a five-year contract with a “major international car producer” to ship vehicles, starting from January 1, 2025. The deal covers “substantial volumes ...

Born in 1926 in Glyfada, an Athens suburb in the city’s southern coast, she started her professional career working at her father’s law office but her family was also into shipping under the ...

In a five-part series mid-year we take stock of shipping markets in the first six months of the year and look ahead to the remainder of the 2024 with experts Maritime Strategies International (MSI).