The year is finishing on a slow note in the United States and Europe. There was only a moderate amount of extra demand caused by year-end inventory sh ...

Hurricane Sandy brought the U.S. market to a standstill, with very little business accomplished over the past week. Europe has been seriously quiet, w ...

U.S. markets continue to see some areas where demand is increasing, and there are not so many open positions. Europe had a very poor week with most ro ...

Europes trade is intermittent, with some days more active than others. The United States remains quiet, while Asia takes a rest during Golden Week. ...

U.S. cargo volumes dropped away, exposing the next round of prompt open tonnage in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Europe had another steady week, while Asia ...

The U.S. market is not quite as over-tonnaged as it used to be, which has allowed rates to stabilise, but it is still fairly slow across most trade la ...

Activity has increased slightly in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, but it is still pretty woeful. European markets are steady on the whole. Asian markets are ...

It has been another week of paltry exports from the United States, and ships are now ballasting away as forecast. European markets have been fractiona ...

The overhang of tonnage has diminished in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, yet rates continue to fall. Europe has had a fairly busy week again and tonnage is ...

There has been a slight upwards shift in U.S. demand, but rates remain weak. Europe is steady with no major changes either way. Asian markets also loo ...

It has not been suchan active week in Europe, although things have been busy in Asia and many ships are now booked ahead through the month. The market ...

The European market recorded a more satisfactory week with increased demand in several sectors. Asia too has been slowly but surely generating more bu ...

The Americas look muted with a lot of ships seemingly immobile for days on end. Europe is a bit sparkier with some useful domestic business and some d ...

The shipping market remains overall slow. Some particular trade lanes could appear to be busy because there is hardly any space available for small ca ...

The shipping market continues its depressed theme, although a bit more demand has been reported in certain areas. The last two or three weeks (even mo ...

It has been a repeat performance of the previous week in which the Americas and European markets have been totally deflated with minimal new business ...

It has been a very dismal week in the Americas and Europe, with very little trade being discussed over the past week. Asia is not exactly buzzing eith ...

All the major markets have continued to experience even lower levels of activity this week. A significant number of ships are now idle, and some have ...

It has been painfully slow throughout the United States, Asia and Europe with much of the blame being heaped on the slump in petrochemical prices foll ...

The month of May is turning out to be a rather quiet one for shipping companies, whether they are involved in the Americas, European or Asian markets. ...