Trade out of the U.S. Gulf has been slightly more active the past few days. Europe is also making progress. Asia is slow as it emerges from a long hol ...

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It was another very slow week in all corners of the world, which is understandable given that a large portion of the global chemicals and oils market ...

Trade in all three main regions – the United States, Asia and Europe – has been rather slow over the past week, and traders are now settin ...

Adrian Brown is away this week.

Parts of Europe have cooled substantially and certain trade lanes in Asia are fragile. U.S. markets are mostly robust, although there have even been a ...

Adrian Brown is away this week. Adrian Brown is a senior market analyst for chemicals and base oils with SSY Shipbrokers, London. Information about SS ...

Turbulence in the financial markets rattled buyers confidence throughout Europe and Asia, and – despite withstanding the pressure best – e ...

The U.S. didnt see a reduction in amount of new business quoted, but European deep-sea markets are really slow, and Asias domestic markets are flat. A ...

Despite August being a period when business could usually be expected to thin out due to the holiday season, there has only been a small reduction in ...

Europe has avoided the dreaded summer lull for yet another week. There is also little sign of it in the U.S., where lack of fixing is more down to a l ...

Whilst business has not entirely descended into the depths of summer, there is a distinct absence of August requirements throughout the marketplace, w ...

There has been a more summery feel to the markets this week, and activity has been notably slower in Asia. Some areas in Europe have seen a slight red ...

It has been rather slow in the U.S. and Asia – and a touch quieter in Europe too – but none of the markets seems to be in a summer lull ty ...

The U.S. market has been quiet since it was effectively closed much of last week for Independence Day. European demand is decent, but down slightly fr ...

Space remains elusive in the U.S. Gulf, keeping rates firm on virtually all routes. Europes durable demand has amazed most observers, although its sta ...

Space out of the U.S. Gulf remains snug in most directions, and Asia is looking pretty tight for the next few weeks as well. Europe, however, is on th ...

U.S. activity picked up again, causing some freights to stiffen. Europe has been steady overall, with both some small gains and some minor decreases o ...

The U.S. and European markets have not been quite as frenzied as they were last week, although there are still fairly strong freight levels on certain ...

The U.S. had another strong week on nearly every major route. Europe has been reasonably active too, given that there have been yet more public holida ...