Chinese blender Qingdao Copton Technology Co. increased earnings by 31 percent on the year in its third quarter and sold one of its subsidiaries, a wh ...

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Activity has been subdued in most main shipping hubs, causing some ship owners to hope that business returns to normal once the uncertainty over the U ...

It has been a week of mixed results. The U.S. has been very slow, while Europes and Asias deep-sea routes are marginally busier despite quieter coasta ...

Chinas and Indias car parcs - already two of the worlds largest - will double by 2023, a new study predicts. As lubricants volumes boom, providers mus ...

With oversupply of ships and corresponding weak rates, the markets are not really performing as would be expected at the back end of October. U.S. Gul ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Organic growth may not be in the cards for the lubes industry, but the market is far from stagnant, Annie Jarquin of Kline & Co ...

It has been an odd week globally, with certain routes having gained some extra activity while others slowed down, particularly in the United States an ...

Some specific routes saw more movement, but seasonal developments in general are taking longer than expected, giving the feeling that the shipping mar ...

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Talk of a recovery turned out to be premature as all routes globally turned to ice this week. Such is the state of global trading these days that even ...

As higher fines loom for GHS label violations, a streamlined labeling tool could rescue distributors still trying to catch up. (Video!)

Rates have begun to swing back up on a number of routes globally as the summer lull recedes. However, there is still a long way to go, and some routes ...

Shun Neng Oil, a lube blender and the China distributor for United States oil marketer Amalie Oil Co., reported big losses in the first half of 2016. ...

A few faint signs in the shipping market indicate that summer is finally coming to an end, but therell need to be several weeks of sustained demand be ...

It has mostly been a week of further slippage in some U.S. routes and sideways movements in Europe and Asia. U.S. Gulf It has not exactly been a busy ...

European coastal markets have seen a marginal improvement in demand, while the U.S. has been quieter as both sides take stock of open positions and po ...

The week was agonizingly slow in parts of Europe and Asia. The United States rush of last-minute fixing to Asia was insufficient to stop rates from sl ...

It has been a very quiet week all over – trade in both Europe and Asia remains thin, and even the U.S. market looks subdued. U.S. Gulf Trade not ...