It has been another encouraging week in the U.S. market with improved volumes recorded on several key routes. Asian markets are running smoothly, wher ...

The US shipping market is gradually pulling itself back onto its feet, but it is a very slow process and there is still a lot of space left to fill. E ...

The U.S. market seems edgy, despite tonnage gradually disappearing and more requirements surfacing. European coastal markets are satisfactory, but dee ...

Its not a particularly joyous shipping market anywhere, with the U.S. overburdened with ships that cant get away, the summer market dragging on in Eur ...

Some sectors in Europe – but certainly not all – have been relatively busy. The United States is still quiet, but hasnt deteriorated furth ...

Another slow week all around, but at least Europe and the Americas have been somewhat busier than the previous weeks. Asia, however, has stalled a lit ...

Asia is undoubtedly the most active of all the regional markets. Europe had a bad week with poor cargo volumes. The Americas appear to have shown a sl ...

On a more positive note than of late, Asian domestic markets have picked up slightly. Unfortunately, the United States is still the worst of all marke ...

Its not been a good week for shipping. The United States remains a horrible place to have a ship open with very little spot business taking place, and ...

Asian spot markets are not exactly thriving, but they are several steps ahead of Europe, whereas the U.S. lags a long way behind both. Fortunately for ...

PPC Lubricants acquired the lubricants division of distributor Jay Gress Inc. in southeastern Pennsylvania. The cost was not disclosed. This is an exc ...

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J.A.M. Distributing, a distributor of lubricants, base oils and fuels based in Houston, Texas, agreed to acquire assets of fellow Houston jobber Jones ...

The new month brought some fresh and much needed opportunities in both Europe and the United States, while Asia remains reasonably busy. U.S. Gulf Act ...

Both the U.S. and European markets have been really slow for the past two weeks with an excess of tonnage and declining freight rates very much in evi ...

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The worlds chemical tankers are floating in a sea of red, and base oil cargo costs are being tossed in the wake. Heres what savvy shippers have on the ...

IMTTs bulk liquid terminal was established to store and transfer material - not package it. And then a big chemical company asked it to start filling ...

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It has been another slow period with very little occurring from the United States. Europe is rather quiet too and freights have dropped in both areas. ...