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DRYBULKMARKETTRADE FLOW INSIGHT
MarketsIndustry news

Dry Bulk Market: Capesizes Showing More Strength

Capesize The market enjoyed a notably bullish week, recovering strongly after the UK holiday-shortened start and building momentum across both basins. Early weakness in the Pacific quickly proved short-lived as sustained miner participation tightened available tonnage and restored confidence. By midweek, all major miners were actively fixing, driving C5 steadily higher and attracting increasingly aggressive ...

Helena Marsh

High Oil Prices Speed Up China’s Shift Away From Crude
Oil & Fuel OilIndustry news

High Oil Prices Speed Up China’s Shift Away From Crude

China’s oil consumption fell 9% year over year in the second quarter as expensive crude accelerated the use of electric cars, trucks, rail and industrial equipment. The decline helped cut China’s carbon dioxide emissions by 1% during the quarter, according to an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. It was the first quarterly emissions decline in China driven primarily by lower oil consumption. Power-sector emissions rose 3% during the same period as coal-fired generation increased. Electric vehicles displaced…

Helena Marsh

Baltic Dry Index Rises for 4th Day
MarketsIndustry news

Baltic Dry Index Rises for 4th Day

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, advanced for a fourth consecutive session on Tuesday, rising about 1.5% to a fresh high since August 12 at 2,926 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes including iron ore and coal, also increased for a fourth ...

Editorial Desk

BREAKING: States score win in fight over federal access to CDL driver database

BREAKING: States score win in fight over federal access to CDL driver database

A coalition of states scored another legal victory Thursday when a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from obtaining state-owned records containing personal information on millions of commercial driver’s license holders. U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga granted the states’ request for a temporary restraining order following a hearing Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The ruling prevents the federal government from obtaining the plaintiff states’ records from the Commercial Driver’s License Informati

Editorial Desk