HSFO handy cross-Med freight surges to five-month high on Black Sea fixtures

Cross-Mediterranean dirty handysize freight, the most widely used vessel class to carry fuel oil and feedstocks in the European basin, has surged to a five-month high on an increase in fixtures out of the Black Sea.

Transatlantic Suezmax fixtures show weak European VGO fundamentals

Recent Suezmax fixtures carrying European high sulfur vacuum gasoil across the Atlantic to the US Gulf Coast are...

Capesize fixtures pick up over the week

The bull run continued as the week drew to a close. Both basins posted considerably better fixtures with the highlights being C3 $12.25 and C5 $5.90. Paper appeared to find a ceiling on Oct at 10800 & Q4 9800 but this could well be temporary as the f/east

Asia Dry Bulk-Capesize rates to fall as fixtures evaporate for Chinese New Year holidays

Rates for capesize bulk carriers, which are already close to six-year lows, are set to slide further next week ...

ASIA CAPESIZE DRY: Iron ore freight rates slip on limited fixtures

Capesize iron ore freight rates fell across most routes Thursday, as charterers took...

North Sea crude CFD backwardation steepest in 6 months on VLCC fixtures: traders

The North Sea\'s Contracts for Difference market, used to hedge the difference between...

Tanker fixtures rise globally during May, mainly on OPEC members' increased activity

Global oil fixtures increased by 14% in May to stand at 19.88 mb/d over the previous month. This growth came...