New building in the gas carrier market this week, Hyundai announced signing contracts with Arab Maritime Petro (AMPTC)

New building in the gas carrier market this week, an unnamed owner ordered two firm 174k CBM LNG Carriers at DSME

Time for a breather to digest recent gains – It was only a month ago that market participants were faced with almost zero spot Capesize rates

New building in tankers this week, just the one order as Clients of Performance Shipping announced ordering a firm 114k dwt

New building in tankers this week, Hyundai Mipo announced contracting four firm 50k dwt MR’s for an unnamed owner

Bottom is in, slope of recovery remains debatable – Following a long period of dreadful market conditions, the dry bulk market seems

New building in dry bulk this week, it has been reported Clients of Sea Pioneer Shipping ordered three firm 82k dwt

New building in tankers this week, Haidong Shipyard contracted four firm 80k dwt, 250M LOA, 50M beam, shallow drafted

Volatility increasing as Capesize rates look for a bottom – A dearth of cargo flow, especially out of Brazil, has driven Capesize rates to almost

New building A quiet week in the newbuilding market with no new orders reported across the conventional Dry, Tanker, Container or Gas sectors

New building in tankers this week, Hyundai Mipo announced contracting four firm 50k dwt MR’s with an unknown African owner

Chinese New Year is over, now what? – One of the slowest weeks of the year in terms of Chinese activity is now

New building in tankers this week, it has been reported that Clients of Golden Energy Management ordered one firm plus one optional 158k dwt

New building in tankers this week, it has been reported that Clients of Cardiff ordered three firm 115k dwt LR2 Product Tankers

Higher lows/higher highs could be on the cards for this year – As dry bulk activity resumes following