Is shipping industry model like the bees set up ? bizarre question? not that much. The bees set up: One queen and thousands of workers around able to be here, live and survive thanks to the Queen. Living for one goal, pleased the queen. Can we take then as granted? In shipping industry, the Queen is […]

Read More is shipping industry comparable to the bee social set up?

nicer to put a picture of the cranberries harvest, looking like “blood at sea” rather than real sea coloured by whales blood which happens once a year also in Europe. 10 days without any market reports from here, in 2017, with Mobile device, digital connections seems like an eternity right ? I’m sure you all managed […]

Read More there will be blood at sea?

Mixed sentiment again on the real chartering life on the handies in the med/cont/blsea with on one hand quite few fresh enquiries seen but still quite few ships still open spot and trying to get a decent money for their next employments. Let’s say Owners are confident market shall move up when charterers do not […]

Read More Capers have found their master when it comes to volatility

Let’s run some maths today, being fairly quiet here in France has locals watching the Trump Défilé in Paris and celebrating national day in France. This fixture reported today in the BDI is worth to be evaluated on voyage equivalent. Ex ECSA ‘Pola Atlantic’ 2010 33465 dwt dely S Brazil 16/20 Jul trip W Mediterranean […]

Read More shipping a circular economy?

Good day, good morning, Sorry I don’t have much clever things to say today about the chartering market. I could paraphrase the BDI easily with words such like “all indexes moving up to North” “with a questionnable sentiment on the handies and supras in Atlantic, where it seems indexes are bit behind the reality of […]

Read More how strawberries used to be shipped?

Good day, Who knows, maybe atlantic market on the handies was awaiting for Jerome to take a week off to gain some momentum. According to BMTI (and also from what we can see), BLSEA handy market is sparkling, with grains being in the starting blocks for the new crop and charterers seems to have secured […]

Read More Momentum in Atlantic on handies