Links to previous press releases are below.
India’s August Petroleum Statistics
India’s crude oil imports dropped 220K b/d m-o-m to a 4-month low of 4.41M b/d in August, but were still 120K b/d higher y-o-y, data from the country’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell showed. Crude...
Read MoreTaiwan’s Coal Imports Increase
Taiwanese coal imports rose by 0.4 Mt year-on-year to a fourteen-month high of 6.6 Mt in July as higher shipments from Australia and Indonesia countered a drop in cargoes from South Africa, IHS reports....
Read MoreJapan’s Steel Production Rises
Japanese crude steel output edged up to 8.8 Mt in August, 0.9% higher year-on-year, the Japan Iron and Steel Association reports. Steel output in January-August grew by 0.8% on the same period in 2017 to 70.2 Mt.
Japan’s Refiners Shy Away from Iranian Crude
Japanese oil refiners have temporarily halted loadings of Iranian oil and are buying alternative supplies, as it remains unclear whether waivers will be granted from the upcoming US sanctions on Iran...
Read MoreQueensland Coal Shipments Slow in August
Coal exports from the five Queensland ports of Gladstone, Dalrymple Bay, Hay Point, Abbott Point and Mackay slipped to a four-month low of 18.0 Mt in August, down by 1.4 Mt year-on-year, port authority...
Read MoreRecord Canadian Iron Ore Shipments
Canada’s iron ore exports surged to a record 4.8 Mt (excl. cargoes to the US) in July, up by 1.0 Mt year-on-year, according to the Tex Report, as shipments accelerated following the ending of strike...
Read MoreUS Weekly Crude Exports Rebound Above 2M b/d
US crude oil exports during the week ending 14 September rose 539K b/d w-o-w and 1.44M b/d y-o-y to 2.37M b/d, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Exports averaged 1.87M b/d during...
Read MoreIndian Coal Supplies Tighten
Coal stocks at Indian power stations dropped to the lowest level since November 2017 at just 7 days’ supply (12.3 Mt) on 17 September, according to data from 121 power stations monitored by the country’s...
Read MoreMjunction Indian Steel Markets Conference
John Kearsey of SSY Consultancy & Research presented an outlook for the dry bulk freight market at this event, held in Kolkata on 7-8 June 2018. He explained the reasons for the rise in ocean...
Read MoreTXF Natural Resources and Commodity Finance
Speaking at this year's event, held in Amsterdam on 17-18 May 2018, Simpson Spence Young's Head of Research John Kearsey contrasted the uneven recovery in dry bulk freight markets with the continued downswing in the tanker sector.
Profercy World PKS Forum
Robin Thomas, Business Manager for SSY's Dry Cargo Division, was among the speakers at the conference held in Abu Dhabi on 8-10 May 2018. His paper highlighted the importance of movements in bunker...
Read MoreArgus Marpol Strategy Summit
Held in Houston on 23-25 April 2018, this event included a presentation by SSY's Vivek Srivastava on "The Scrubber Decision For A VLCC - To Fit or Not To Fit?"