It has been a hard few weeks for Capesize operators. The Baltic Exchange’s Capesize 5TC index surged in September from USD 46,987 to USD...

Bulk carrier owners have enjoyed a fabulous twelve months. Around the world, governments have responded to the economic disruption...

Container Dialogue I’ve had a number of questions recently about the state of the container shipping market. I thought I’d write down...

I've been asked several times over the last month if ship owners should be worried about rising inflation. I take this to mean two...

A canter round the markets and a summer holiday sale on our latest reports Macro Situation: Vaccines Vs Variants The IMF and other...

My friend and former colleague Simon Ward, in his popular Ursablog, recently discussed the arrival of the Lion Fish in the Mediterranean,...

Geopolitics is back this year with a bang. Italy’s prime minister Mario Draghi has quietly pulled Italy out of China’s Belt and Road...

Commodity markets were shaken over the weekend when news got out about the Chinese government warning "speculators" and "hoarders" in...

We recently invited our readers to respond to a survey we ran for the free-to-register website Ship.Energy which reports on shipping's...

"Sell in May and go away" is the truism in stockbroking but with the pandemic turning the world upside down, is this the year to "Buy in...