It has been a much quieter week on all fronts. With only a few exceptions, most European routes have been slower. In the United States, there has not ...

Because there is so little open tonnage in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, rates look firm on the majority of routes out. Inter-European trades fared reasona ...

The long holiday weekend meant a quieter week in Europe, while the Americas enjoyed a reasonable spell of activity. Asias market remains overtonnaged, ...

Cargo volumes have been reasonable this week across many trade lanes. Still greatest by far is the amount of material moving into Asia and into China ...

Demand for chemicals into China has continued at a strong pace, confounding those who declared that demand would dry up in May. Base oil demand too ha ...

The past couple of weeks have seen a wave of chemical cargoes fixed to Asia, with material from the U.S. Gulf, Europe and Middle East. The United Stat ...

Whereas most long-haul routes enjoyed another productive week, the same cannot be said for most coastal routes, with the exception of the United State ...

It has been another week of growth in the chemical/parcels markets with more ships fixed ahead, causing the pool of prompt positions to shrink just a ...

Some regions have registered a slight increase in the amount of new business quoted. The drivers for the change appear to be a certain amount of stock ...

Shipping markets worldwide continue to struggle with a lack of demand. There have been bright spots, such as Transatlantic, and more business quoted f ...

The mood of the market is still generally downbeat. A substantial number of tankers of all sizes have no employment, or are very close to becoming ope ...

A two-month ordeal for the crew and owners of a hijacked tanker ship, whose cargo included naphthenic base oils bound for India from the U.S. Gulf Coa ...