The charter rates for shortsea vessels in the European shortsea market have improved dramatically over the past six months, the new Shortsea Index of German…
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Rates for European shortsea vessels improved by 30% in past six months
SeaIntelligence: Containers crunch to persist into January
The incredible shortage of empty containers will at least last into January, analyst firm SeaIntelligence Consulting states. And to end the situation by then, the…
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Drewry launches time charter index, rates keep rising
Drewry has launched the Multipurpose Time Charter Index, which tracks one-year period charter rates across a basket of vessel types and sizes and forecasts the…
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Charter rates start to slide as coronavirus spreads
The charter rates for multipurpose vessels are starting to slide as a result of lower demand caused by the coronavirus. The average day rate for…
Deteriorated dry bulk market bad news for breakbulk recovery
Hopes of a dry bulk recovery have diminished now that day rates for Kamsarmax and Supramax bulkcarriers have nosedived and declined with as much as…