Intelligence
Pacific Basin sticks to its guns
SEVERAL analysts have picked out Pacific Basin as a favourite to ride out the economic crisis. Macquarie Research analyst Janet Lewis named Pacific Basinas ......
Lloyd's List , 25 Jan 2012
Market goes quiet for China new year break
Wet VLCC (sideways) AS the Year of the Dragon looms, Chinese charterers have been busily fixing, causing rates for the biggest oil tankers to ......
Lloyd's List , 23 Jan 2012
Timeline — Vale Beijing
• July 13, 2011 Vale Beijing is launched at STX Pan Ocean’s Jinhae Shipyard in South Korea. • September 27 The ship is delivered ......
Lloyd's List , 17 Jan 2012
What caused Vale Beijing to crack?
ON DECEMBER 5, the 2011-built, 404,389 dwt Vale Beijing, one of the world’s biggest bulk carriers, started taking in seawater while loading at the ......
Lloyd's List , 17 Jan 2012
News
Capesizes dodge the worst of the dry market meltdown
THE capesize charter market has stabilised over the last week, in contrast to the panamax sector, which saw rates spiral downward and the Baltic ......
Lloyd's List , 03 Feb 2012
Glencore merger with Xstrata would threaten bulk trades
MERGING Glencore and diversified miner Xstrata might be bad news for many shipping lines, allowing the world’s top commodities trader and the major mining ......
Lloyd's List , 03 Feb 2012
Thoresen Shipping to buy up to eight secondhand ships by 2014
THORESEN Shipping will expand its existing fleet by buying eight secondhand handymax and supramax vessels by 2014, taking advantage of lower ship prices in ......
Lloyd's List , 02 Feb 2012
Dry Bulk Movements
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Charter Fixtures
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