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Breakwave Tanker Report
Early May Sees Strong VLCC Market Activity Despite Chinese Labor Day Holiday – In the early days of May, the VLCC freight market showed significant progress in terms of activity despite the occurrence of the Chinese Labor Day holiday from May 1st to May 5th.
Global Economic Activity Is Displaying Resilience
Doric Weekly Market Insight
Looking ahead, recent high-frequency indicators suggest that the recovery of global trade has persisted into early 2024, albeit with fragility and a strong reliance on the performance of key economies such as the United States and China.
Oil Extends Losses As Supply Risks Fade
Commodities Wrap
Shifts in the macro-economic backdrop left the market in two minds for most of the week.
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Capesizes On Dizzy Heights
The Fix - Global Market Update
The past week saw the Baltic Dry Index recovering large parts of the losses realised during the final stages of April, with the capesizes chiefly responsible for the positive development.
Jump In Capesize Rates
From Commodore's Weekly Dry Bulk Reports
As we discussed in our most recent Weekly Dry Bulk Report (published before the start of every week), it was very significant to us that capesize rates stayed basically flat last Tuesday and Wednesday and that Thursday then saw a sudden 12% jump followed by an even larger 13% jump on Friday.
Tankers Research
Braemar Research Update
VLCC voyage numbers decline in April following record March highs
The number of VLCC voyages dropped by 11% in April following record highs in March.
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Shorter VLCC And Suezmax Ballast Voyages
Vortexa Freight Weekly
This week, in the East, we discuss falling average mileage for VLCC and Suezmax ballast voyages.
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Oil Gains After An Unexpected Fall In US Inventories
Commodities Wrap
A risk-off tone across markets weighed on sentiment. A stronger USD led to lower interest from investors. Falling inventories provided support to oil.
India's Coal-Derived Electricity Generation Sets Another Record As Predicted
From Commodore's Weekly Dry Bulk Reports
As we discussed in our most recent Weekly Dry Bulk Report (published before the start of every week), India produced approximately 135.8 billion kilowatt hours of electricity last month.
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US Gulf Coast Sour Crude Markets Tighten
Vortexa Freight Weekly
US Gulf Coast sour crude crude markets have recently experienced tightness amid new developments in the region, chief amongst them being TMX start up