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...

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...

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....

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

Here’s the TrumpTweet in full: For 10 months, China has been paying Tariffs to the USA of 25% on 50 Billion Dollars of High Tech, and 10%...

Ten most populous countries in 2018 (Source: World Economic Forum) There are now about 7.5 Billion people alive and almost six in ten of...

Deglobalization has taken on a new twist: the taking of economic hostages. In a return to a medieval form of warmaking, rival countries...

After considering the news around the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, I found myself alarmed that just a few of the 20 national leaders at...

If power rejects the limits placed upon it, what next? From 23 to 25 October this year, Riyadh in Saudi Arabia will be the host city for...

The retreat of globalisation and the rise of smaller club deals President Trump has praised his own efforts in replacing NAFTA with USMCA...

Dry Cargo shipping demand remains largely reliant on Asian power generation, agricultural imports and manufacturing. The China – US...