Double Bubble (Macro Macchiato 18/11/19)
The IMO 2020 deadline is coming ever closer. Prices for 0.5% sulphur content fuel are becoming more readily available. Data from...
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A Flash in the Pan? (Macro Macchiato 29/10/19)
Earlier this month I gave a presentation to an invited audience of oil tanker owners. This in itself is not unusual. What was unusual on...
Tanker Markets Go Bananas: Can It Last? (Macro Macchiato)
Last week, before I went to Cyprus Maritime 2019, I opined in Macro Macchiato that, “with so much macro-economic confusion, predicting...
Better days ahead for shipping?
Greetings from Cyprus, where today I am moderating a panel session entitled, Are Brighter Days Ahead for Shipping? As any market analyst...
Shipping Strategy MD Mark Williams talks to Lloyds List about IMO 2020 and shipping's 'Decaf
Shipping Strategy MD Mark Williams joins Lloyds List's Richard Meade in conversation on the Lloyds' List Podcast. The two of them talk...
IMO 2020: Key Questions for European Bunkering Ports
According to OPEC (based on 2015 data) 60 per cent of the world’s marine fuels are supplied in just six countries: Singapore, China, the...
Analysts see several upsides to Star Bulk's scrubber decision
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Policy and regs update 06/09
Everyone is talking about IMO 2020. The tighter emissions regs are forcing ship owners to retrofit scrubber technology (only about 5 per...