They are a rum bunch, the English. Take this week’s festivities for instance. The English will set off fireworks to commemorate the...

Earlier this month I gave a presentation to an invited audience of oil tanker owners. This in itself is not unusual. What was unusual on...

It was clear from the great majority of delegates to Cyprus Maritime 2019 that the shipping industry is serious about cleaning up its act....

Last week, before I went to Cyprus Maritime 2019, I opined in Macro Macchiato that, “with so much macro-economic confusion, predicting...

Greetings from Cyprus, where today I am moderating a panel session entitled, Are Brighter Days Ahead for Shipping? As any market analyst...

Look Mum, we’re in the papers! It isn’t often that shipping finds its way onto the pages of the mainstream press. Usually it’s because of...

On Sunday, to mark the UN Climate Summit in New York, the World Meteorological Organisation published new data showing 2014-19 to be the...

However many billions the Saudis have spent on defence, it wasn’t enough to prevent the weekend attacks on Abqaiq. Half of Saudi oil...

Macro data are looking a bit wobbly this week. What will that do to shipping markets? US jobs data for August were released on Friday. A...

Readers with children will know the feeling. Others will remember the feeling. It’s that mixture of anticipation, pride and excitement...

The IMF released its update to the April World Economic Outlook last week. Here are some edited highlights: Global growth is forecast at...

The American president’s trade war with China is beginning to have clear benefits for America’s competitors in the Far East. China has...

Wall Street enters its thundery summer earnings season this week in a stormy emotional state. More S&P 500 companies have issued negative...

It has been a funny old year in the bulk carrier market. The first quarter was dismal. The Baltic Dry Index ended Q1 at around 700 points....

It’s Marine Money week in New York City. In a year in which capital raising has fallen in most industries, largely because of...

We’re told by Those Who Know that the US-China trade wars are cutting global trade and economic growth. We should be Very Afraid. GDP...

If you’re going to occupy the moral high ground, you’d better make sure your boots are clean. My Sunday evening reading included this...

British Steel is in the hands of receivers (again). This once mighty producer can still be viewed as a canary in the coal mine,...

India’s general election has taken place in seven phases over the last several weeks, making it the biggest exercise in democracy in...

I’ve attended several conferences so far this year that address issues around ‘sustainable’ shipping. Before I go any further, it might...