Container shipping: Solid demand growth reduces spot rate volatility

As freight rates are coming back from the abyss, their actual rise seems to be magnified beyond their actual performance. Some container spot freight rates are up more than 100% from the very low levels of last year, but may still be at a loss-making leve

Oil volatility migrates from flat prices to spreads: Kemp

“Volatility can be neither created nor destroyed, rather it transforms from one form into another,” is a pretty fair summary of how the oil market works (with apologies to physicists).

Volatility and cyclicality in oil prices – will this time be different?

Extreme volatility and strong cyclicality have been the defining characteristics of oil prices and the industry since the first modern oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania in 1859.

MABUX: High volatility on bunker market before the meeting in Algiers

World fuel indexes have not had any firm trend during the week while the main supportive factor on the market was still speculation that OPEC talks in the end of September together with non-OPEC producers could result in a crude output freeze.

China suspends oil product price adjustment for first time on crude volatility

China on Tuesday suspended its regular oil products pricing adjustment due to the volatility in international...

Iron Ore Volatility at Record as China Stocks Gyrate

Iron ore’s roller-coaster week, which saw back-to-back records set for a daily decline and rally, lifted volatility to an all-time high as prices were whipsawed by gyrations in China’s stock markets.

Rio Warns on Iron Ore Volatility as High-Cost Mines Close

The global iron ore market is in a period of transition as high-cost mines are displaced by cheaper output, according to Rio Tinto Group, which highlighted...