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.

Black Sea bunker fuel market poised for some support from harvest season

The bunker fuel market in the Black Sea is waiting for higher demand from the dry bulk sector as harvest...

Black Sea Container Market Up by 9.63%

Black Sea container terminals of Ukraine, Romania, Russia, and Bulgaria handled 2 460 028 TEU in 2016, including empty containers, excluding transshipment.

First Black Sea wheat swap traded against the S&P Global Platts Black Sea Wheat price assessment

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Singapore bunker volumes expected to set record high in 2016

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) expects 2016 sales of bunker fuel for ships to rise to a record for a second consecutive year, with early estimates showing volumes increased 7.7 percent to 48.6 million tonnes, it said on Wednesday.

Black Sea Freeze Hitting Major Ports Spurs Grain-Crunch Concern

The cold blast across eastern Europe is raising concerns about a grain-export crunch as icy conditions restrict navigation at some of the region’s most important ports. Blizzards and gales are curbing movements of vessels at Bulgaria’s Varna port and nav

Barclays Flags ‘Black Swan Threats’ to Commodities This Year

Watch out for the unexpected in commodities in 2017. Barclays Plc said raw materials markets from energy to metals face the high likelihood of disruptions, giving a laundry list of possible threats including a default by Venezuela, riots in Chile and a tr