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Who is Responsible for the Cost of Over-Lashing?

Published Feb 22, 2018 7:41 PM by Will van 't Hek

When more lashings than needed are applied to a cargo on board, unnecessary costs have been made and valuable time has been lost....

Middle East Gulf Oil Exports Soar in January 2017

Published Feb 10, 2017 2:16 PM by Matthew Wheatley

During January – a month when all eyes were on oil production cuts – exports leaving the Middle East Gulf (MEG) region hit the hig...

Published Jan 29, 2017 7:44 PM by VIMC

As Canada’s largest port, Vancouver B.C has always been big on shipping. Now they have their sights set on becoming a world-class...

Published Nov 25, 2015 1:34 PM by Basil Karatzas

Having returned from a lengthy business trip to Europe, one has the feeling that something is different this time with the shippin...

Published May 19, 2015 5:45 PM by Basil Karatzas

The dry bulk market has been in the doldrums for so long now that talks for a market recovery resemble the biblical story of Lazar...

Published Apr 29, 2015 8:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

By Siri Wennevik and June Ho Shipping loans, including export credit financing and lease financing, have been the traditional sour...

Published Apr 10, 2015 11:25 AM by Basil Karatzas

Since the initial collapse of the shipping industry in the second half of 2008, many remedies have been proposed for a market reco...

Published Apr 8, 2015 4:46 PM by Haifeng Wang

The spectacular collapse of oil prices in the past nine months has generated much buzz and fanfare (see chart below). Investors ha...

Published Mar 21, 2015 8:02 PM by Haifeng Wang

The news coming out of the People’s Congress, that concluded last week in Beijing, sent mixed signals to the international market....

Published Mar 18, 2015 5:32 PM by Basil Karatzas

The present state of the dry bulk market has caught many people in shipping by surprise; the wave of the orderbook getting deliver...

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