Saqr Port has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards to build a tug newbuild in time for the opening of a new bulk terminal in mid-2018.

Baltic Dry Index (BDI) has given the market participants a run of their money by staying at the 1,290 points consistently for most of the time after the Easter break before settling for a slide to 1,278 points on Wednesday, 19 April.

Seanergy has inked an index-linked charter for a capsize bulker for 18 – 22 months.

The dry bulk market was deemed to be in recovery but caution was still needed going forward especially in terms of newbuilding orders. This seemed to be the consensus of a panel of experts in the dry bulk industry at the Marine Money 10th Hong...

More commodities trading houses should own ships and good buys would be kamsarmaxes and supramaxes, according to Noble Group head of global freight Michael Nagler.

Mother Nature has a way of humbling us with her sheer force – not that this is always bad news for the freight market. But when the product cannot get to the port, there is no dividend for freight.

Golden Ocean has delayed the delivery of 10 newbuildings and agreed price cuts of $15.3m in total.

In a global economy that is daily threatened by protectionism and digitalized disruption, is the freight market that old-fashioned bastion of steel, coal, iron ore and grains still worth another shot as we move into month two of the first quarter?

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has entered into an agreement to launch a joint study of a LNG-fueled capesize bulker with five other companies – BHP Billiton, DNV GL, Rio Tinto, Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) and Woodside...

The new year has begun in great optimism and rolling on the positive mood of the previous year. The larger vessel classes are expected to lead the charge as the freight market heads towards recovery- with players hoping this is a new beginning...