Dry bulk and Oil Segments by Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
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- Baltic index edges down on lower rates, but posts weekly rise on earlier highsby hellenicshippingnews... on 05/12/2025 at 10:00 pm
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry bulk commodities, was dragged lower by weaker rates across segments on Friday, but logged a weekly gain, buoyed by near two-year highs hit earlier. The main index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, fell by ...
- Dalian iron ore ends week lower on improved supply, soft Chinese demandby hellenicshippingnews... on 05/12/2025 at 10:00 pm
Dalian iron ore futures slid on Friday and ended the week lower, as rising year-end seaborne shipments and tepid Chinese demand weighed. The most-traded January iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) TIO1! fell 1.01% to 785.5 yuan ($111.12) a metric ton. The contract ended the week 0.57% lower. The benchmark January iron ...
- Baltic Index Edges Down From Near Two-Year Peak As Rates Drop Across All Segmentsby hellenicshippingnews... on 04/12/2025 at 10:00 pm
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry bulk commodities, eased from a near two-year-peak on Thursday, pressured by weaker rates across all segments. The main index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, fell by 31 points, or 1.1%, to 2,815 points. The ...
- Greek Ship Owners Pursue Dry Bulk Fleet Restructuringby hellenicshippingnews... on 04/12/2025 at 10:00 pm
Greek owners have moved forward with a significant restructuring of their bulker fleet during 2025. The focus has been on fewer, but younger and larger ships. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Xclusiv said that “the 2025 YTD dry bulk SnP market continues to show strong liquidity, but the nationality mix reveals where real conviction ...
- Bulker newbuilding contracting drops 54% to five-year lowby hellenicshippingnews... on 04/12/2025 at 10:00 pm
“Between January and November 2025, the capacity of bulker newbuilding contracting has fallen 54% y/y to 25m DWT, reaching its lowest level since 2020. Consequently, the dry bulk orderbook is now 4% smaller than a year ago, accounting for 11% of the dry bulk fleet. Contracting has likely eased due to a cloudy market outlook,” says ...
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- Chevron to join Nigeria oil licence auction, plans rig deployment in 2026by hellenicshippingnews... on 05/12/2025 at 10:00 pm
Chevron said on Friday it will participate in Nigeria’s next oil licensing round and plans to deploy a drilling rig in late 2026 as it seeks to expand operations in Africa’s top energy producer. Jim Swartz, chairman and managing director of Chevron Nigeria/Mid-Africa Business Unit, said the company aims to grow its footprint in Nigeria, ...
- OPEC oil output slips in November despite agreed hike, survey findsby hellenicshippingnews... on 05/12/2025 at 10:00 pm
OPEC’s oil output edged lower in November, despite an OPEC+ agreement to raise production for the month, due to outages in some members, a Reuters survey found on Thursday, bringing supply from the group further below its target. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 28.40 million barrels per day last month, down 30,000 ...
- Discounts widen on Russian ESPO blend crude oil to China, sources sayby hellenicshippingnews... on 05/12/2025 at 10:00 pm
Russia’s ESPO blend crude oil cargoes loading in December traded at a discount of $5-$6 a barrel to ICE Brent in Chinese ports, the weakest differential on record, four sources said on Friday. The discounts widened in China on falling demand after state refiners suspended buying because of recent Western sanctions while private players have ...
- Fitch Ratings Cuts Short- and Medium-Term Oil Price Assumptions, Adjusts Gas Pricesby hellenicshippingnews... on 05/12/2025 at 10:00 pm
Fitch Ratings has cut its 2025-2027 oil price assumptions, reflecting market oversupply. The 2026 TTF price has been increased to USD9/mcf due to tighter European gas balances. The increased 2025 Henry Hub gas assumption reflects year-to-date prices. All other base‑case assumptions are unchanged. The 2025 stress-case assumptions have been adjusted to equalise with the base ...
- Middle East Crude-Benchmarks edge up; Saudi cuts January OSPs to Asiaby hellenicshippingnews... on 05/12/2025 at 10:00 pm
Middle East crude benchmark spot premiums Oman, Dubai and Murban rose slightly on Friday and was mostly unmoved on a weekly basis. Saudi Arabia has cut the January Arab Light crude oil official selling price to Asia to $0.60 a barrel above the Oman/Dubai average, its lowest level in five years, according to a pricing ...
