Diana charters out vessels to SwissMarine and Beibu Beibu charter is lower than recent panamax deals
Teekay LNG Partners raises funds on Norwegian bond market Gas-carrying company successfully issued $35m in new bonds
Handysize bulkers slump to $6,300 per day Only US Gulf shows some improvement
Euroseas finances bulker newbuilding and flips boxship for scrap profit Loan funds and demolition sale seen as backing owner's growth plans
Star Bulk bulks up Fresh proceeds of $51.5m bolster cash reserves and could lead to new vessel acquisitions
HSH Nordbank privatisation begins Shipping lender is to receive offers until the end of February as the German government could maintain 25% for four years
UK dry bulk ports under pressure Biomass proves an inadequate substitute for tumbling coal and iron ore imports
Boxship delivery overhang to hit smaller trades North-south trades suffer as bigger ships cascade down
Yang Ming unveils recapitalisation plan Company hopes government assistance and new equity can turn things around following two costly years
Teekay LNG Partners eager to raise fresh funds on bond market Gas carrier company could use proceeds to fund newbuilding payments
Asia's trade prospects dim as Trump shelves TPP Shipping at risk as Trump targets US trade pacts, eyes trade war with China
Zim upgrades Pacific network New Vancouver service launch to coincide with alliance restructuring
Technical segment to drag down Braemar results Oil and gas market continues to deteriorate
Dryships completes VLGC acquisition Owner draws on New Sifnos revolving facility to pay $21.9m closing price
DSME gets board approval to offload more assets Updated: Shipbuilder to implement more restructuring measures this year
Qingdao Port mulls share issue to Cosco Shipping Ports unit Cosco subsidiary to make partial payment for the shares with its 20% stake in a terminal
Malaysia's Yinson close to clinching Vietnam FPSO deal Contract terms expected to be finalised by April 2017
Orders drop 33% at Chinese shipbuilders in 2016 Decline is expected to continue into 2017
Cosco Shipping Development doubles capital in financing unit Agreement to help unit ramp up financing services businesses
Average box rate drops 7% in 2016 But 2017 rates could stay around improved levels seen over the second half of 2016
Yang Ming institutes recapitalization plan Yang Ming has elaborated on a statement it made last week aimed at updating its customers about efforts to maintain competitiveness. In a ...
FMC allows ro-ro carriers to jointly contract tugboat services A divided Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) had held that starting today, roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vessels deployed in services covered by ...
Georgia Ports Authority sets new record in 2016 Source: Paul Brennan / Shutterstock Georgia Ports Authority handled 2.95 million TEUs of loaded containers in 2016 The Georgia Ports Author...
Trump delivers stark message on trade For those hoping that Donald Trump would pivot from his nationalistic campaign rhetoric on trade and foreign policy once he took office as ...
TRADER NOTE: Peter Grunwaldt joins Hafnia Management Tanker company Hafnia Management has hired Peter Grunwaldt this month as a senior manager with responsibility for taking its bunker procurement in-house
Bomin expands in ARA with two new time-chartered barges The barges will operate out of Antwerp and serve customers there as well as at Rotterdam, Ghent and Flushing/Vlissingen
External: Wired Bunkering
Singapore Feb ex-wharf 380 CST bunker fuel term contract concluded at plus $3.50-$4/mt Pressure on February premiums with arrival of 5-6 million mt of fuel oil, and front month 380 CST timespreads coming off.
FUTURES 2: Oil stays stable post OPEC assurance on compliance
FUEL FOR THOUGHT: Canada's liberal government does an about-face on oil pipelines Two new pipelines will provide 970,000 b/d of additional crude oil export capacity from Alberta.
FACTBOX: US power, natural gas poised for change under Trump administration Sources expect Trump may place a freeze on new regulations through executive action, perhaps as early as Monday.
ANALYSIS: OPEC/non-OPEC claim compliance but questions linger Evidence of cuts will be presented to the committee for review on February 17
FUTURES: Crude steady after OPEC technical meet, Trump inauguration
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