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New Record for Australia’s Iron Ore Exports, Coal Exports Up 02-07-2009

Australia’s iron ore exports hit a new record of 34.0 Mt in May, some 3.2 Mt higher than the previous record set in July 2008. The May total was up by 4.9 Mt over April and up by 4.4 Mt yr-on-yr. A ... [more]

North Sea Loading Schedules Rise 02-07-2009

North Sea July loading schedules for the 8 principal Norwegian and UK crude oil systems are forecast to jump 19%, or 350k b/d, month-on-month to 2.2m b/d as several maintenance schedules complete, ... [more]

Russian Crude Exports Set To Fall 02-07-2009

Crude exports from Russia are set to fall 147k b/d month-on-month in July to 2.54m b/d, down from 2.69m b/d in June and 2.75m b/d in May, due to continued work on Russia’s pipeline network, reports ... [more]

US Crude Stocks Fall, Gasoline and Distillate Rise 01-07-2009

US crude stocks fell 3.7m bbl last week to 350.2m bbl, but remained 17% higher y-o-y, as imports rose 79k b/d to 9.36m b/d, according to the latest data from the US Department of Energy. Gasoline ... [more]

India’s Crude Imports Rise In May 30-06-2009

India’s crude imports rose 19% in May y-o-y to 12.02 million tons, or 2.84m b/d, after declining 12% y-o-y in April after refineries re-opened after maintenance shutdowns, reports Bloomberg. Fuel ... [more]

Events

Coaltrans India

03-03-2009 - 04-03-2009

SSY Consultancy & Research were represented at Coaltrans India by Peter Norfolk, Director. His paper "Understanding a New Shipping Dynamic" examined whether the most recent Capesize-led rally represented a fundamental improvement in the ... [more]

Argus Americas Crude Summit

26-01-2009 - 28-01-2009

Speaking at the Argus Americas Crude Summit in Houston, John Kearsey of SSY Consultancy & Research identified some of the key factors expected to impact on tanker freight rates in 2009. ... [more]

McCloskey’s Australian Coal Conference

06-11-2008 - 06-11-2008

Derek Langston, Research Manager at SSY’s Research Dept in Singapore, presented a paper on dry bulk freight prospects. Given the timing of the event, his paper was one of the first to react to the dramatic slump in the markets. The conference ... [more]

Markets

Sale & Purchase

26-06-2009

The past weeks has seen the Baltic Dry Index see-sawing around 4,000 points and despite a downward movement this week the general level of interest on the Sale and Purchase market ... [more]

Dry Cargo

Capesize	26-06-2009
The Cape index fell by USD 11,000 this week as the market waited for the recent cargo demand to return. With a relatively quiet start to ... [more]

Atlantic Panamax	26-06-2009
While some owners were confident they would see better rates this week, the little grain movement and fresh tonnage on the market from ... [more]

Pacific Panamax	26-06-2009
The week began on a quieter note than last week with owners looking to still try and achieve the USD 25,000 level for Pacific rounds. ... [more]

Atlantic Handysize	26-06-2009
The rollercoaster Atlantic market took another turn this week. The improving market of last week went into reverse. The main reason for the ... [more]

Pacific Handysize	26-06-2009
The Indian Ocean has firmed this week, on the back of South American as well as South African cargoes. Supramaxes ex the West Coast were ... [more]

Tankers

29-06-2009

Freight rates for VLCC tankers firmed last week, while preliminary reports suggest that Asian refiners are boosting eastbound liftings of ... [more]

Chemicals

22-06-2009

Americas: Contractual volumes are holding on the USG/Mexico service, whilst on the spot market 4,000t caustic was booked USG/Mexico at ... [more]

Gas

LNG	25-06-2009
The first Chinese-built LNGC, the "Dapeng Sun" (147,200cbm, blt 2008) is out of service and is to undergo repairs at ... [more]