Annus Horribilis What a horrible year 2022 is turning out to be. 30 year peaks in Inflation. Rising interest rates. Recession. War in...

How have attitudes to decarbonisation changed in the last year? Read on to find out. We ran this ten-question survey for six weeks from...

Last year we launched our first Bulk Carrier Alternative Fuels Survey in association with our friends at Ship.Energy, and the results are...

The US Federal Reserve increased interest rates by 0.75% last week, as has the European Central Bank, while the Bank of England followed...

The slow implosion of the Chinese property market is impacting global cement shipping markets, but not so much as you might think. In...

Excluded China Rages On Tuesday 27 July, the Indo Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) met via a video conference co-hosted...

On Tuesday 27 July, the Indo Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) meets via video conference, co-hosted by US Trade...

Macro-economic signals may be downbeat but bulker fundamentals remain encouraging Here's the Executive Summary to our latest Bulk Carrier...

A Capesize Green Corridor between Australia and China is Feasible, with Carbon Tax Breaks C5 is the Baltic Exchange’s code for the voyage...

Whether you are in Athens or not, here's some Need to Know reading. There are two common assumptions in shipping. One is that shipping is...

Davos is here again. The barons of globalisation are sequestered in the luxury resort but the mood sounds distinctly anxious. José Manuel...

Pesident Xi does not want Russia's actions to restrict China's ability to act, nor President Putin's destiny to shape his own. Trying to...

Decoupling joins Decarbonisation and Digitalisation on the Strategy Agenda Russia’s unwinnable war in Ukraine grinds on, giving us...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is sending global energy and agricultural markets into a spin. Oil prices are up at USD 120 a barrel....

Could Russia’s military adventurism accelerate disinvestment from fossil fuels and investment in renewables? As I write this, it’s day...

Macro-Economic Uncertainty We may not be home and dry when it comes to getting out of this pandemic, but we could be home and vigorously...

China’s breakneck pace of development has to end eventually – we have all understood that for some time. But even if it does, will trade...

Positive news this month includes the peak of Omicron being passed, and the one billionth vaccine being given on 16th January according...

It has been the worst year in the tanker freight markets since the recession of the early 1990s. But as transport restrictions eased...

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...