Asia’s spot fuel oil market was steady to firmer on Wednesday as market backwardation firmed, while more tenders for June were underway. The cash premium for 0.5% very low sulphur fuel oil (MFO05-SIN-DIF) climbed to $7.04 a tonne, while front-month margin...

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China’s imports of major commodities lost momentum in April as the strong start to the year faded amid uncertainty about the strength and composition of the recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy. Imports of crude oil, coal, iron ore and copper all declined...

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Look at virtually any stock chart in any ocean shipping sector and you’ll see a similar pattern. Sometime around late February or early March, shares hit a high for the year to date, posting strong gains versus Jan. 1. Then they went south. Shipping equities...

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Shippers — often called beneficial cargo owners or BCOs — are eager to outsource their supply chain and logistics technology operations. These enterprises that count the movement of goods as central to their operations have multimillion-dollar digital transformation...

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The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Tuesday, aided by higher rates for capesize and supramax vessel segments. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax...

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