Quality of service providing, innovative solutions for laying up vessels and a diverse portfolio of services, able to cater all ship owners' needs were among the key factors that helped propelled GAC Group forwards during 2009, despite the

In an interview with Hellenic Shipping News, Mr. Ion G. Varouxakis, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Nasdaq-listed Freeseas, explains why dry bulk rates will recover gradually, while volatility will remain. He states that the handysize

Despite 2009 being one of the most challenging years for the shipping industry, the Marshall Islands Registry and more specifically International Registries Inc., which represents the registry and its Hellenic branch, have proven rather resilient. In

Confident that the increase in world trade of commodities during the next couple of years will be enough to offset the large numbers of dry bulk new building deliveries appears Mr. John Pachoulis, President of the Hellenic Shipbrokers Association. In

In an interview with Hellenic Shipping News, Theodoros Ntalakos of Intermodal Shipbrokers Co. states that we are in a healthy period for dry bulk vessels, as long as they are debt-free, which means higher profit margins for ship owners.

With the dry bulk industry faced with multiple challenges, a discussion with the head of Intercargo, the international maritime body representing dry bulk ship owners round the world, poses a great chance. Mr. Nikolas Pappadakis of AG Pappadakis &

With the port of Piraeus reopening its doors today, after workers' agreed on Saturday to end their strike which lasted more than two weeks, problems (besides containers) have been piling up. Hellenic Shipping News interviews Mr. Antonis Veniers,

Confident that second hand dry bulk acquisitions will reignite after last week's surge of the Baltic Dry Index Mr. Babis Simantonis, head of Silver Maritime, said in an interview with Hellenic Shipping News, that the dry bulk market still has some

Being a member of the ship broking community in Hellas for many years, Vaggelis Moutafis, in charge of InterTrade Marine said in an interview with Hellenic Shipping News predicts a relative stability in the dry bulk market, provided that fundamental

Tonnage oversupply will add further pressure into dry bulk rates as the year closes to an end says Mr. Athanasios Samios, Managing Director of Samios Shipping, one of Piraeus' small, yet traditional dry bulk "œplayers". In an interview with Hellenic

The biggest international biannual gathering of the maritime community, Posidonia Exhibition, is closing down to the final stages of its preparations. The event, projected to be held in June of 2010 in Athens, is expected to be a success, despite the

Overcapacity is destined to weigh down in the Baltic Dry Index and consequently freights rates that dry bulk carriers receive for transporting commodities like iron ore and coal. According to Mr. Michael Bodouroglou, Chairman and CEO of NY-listed dry

Analysts are not feeling comfortable with the market as it is today, expecting a further drop, which will have a drastic affect in prices. Personally, I believe that the market will follow the elevator way with ups and downs and fluctuations depended on

ACA Shipping is on the expansion mode, as evidenced by the latest investments undertaken and illustrated in Mr. Angelopoulos', CEO of the shipping company in his latest interview with "œHellenic Shipping News". He declares the current

Choosing Turkey as the market offering the most potential, Atlas International Shipchandling & Trading, is operating for 30 years in one of the most important sectors of the shipping industry, the one of ship supply. With thousands of ships transiting

A further decline of the global orderbook should be expected says Christina Anagnostara, Chief Financial Officer of publicly-traded Seanergy Maritime Corp. In her interview for "œHellenic Shipping News Worldwide", she describes the main ingredients

International Registries Inc., the group representing the Marshall Islands Registry and its Hellenic branch are powering through the economic crisis. With Hellenic ship owners representing 26% of the Marshall Islands fleet, being the second largest

The latest developments in the dry bulk market is in everyone's lips these days. Athanasios Samios, CEO of Samios Shipping is a ship owner that has escaped most of the weather storm, by selling off vessels before the market collapsed. He is now

Innovative ideas come from all over the world. This time around, it's the Middle East's turn to provide a new service, poised to"¦ rock the boat. Marine BizTV is the first maritime television channel, aiming to bring together the global maritime industry.

Paragon Shipping, one of the Nasdaq-listed Hellenic shipping companies operating in dry bulk trade, provides Hellenic Shipping News and its readers some valuable insights on how a ship owner can hedge effectively against a downward market cycle,