At the end of the day…

Market’s mild surge amid total uncertainty in geopolitics and Coronavirus, manna from heavens… The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) gained 39 points since yesterday and now reads 1,161. Wets as always…

Total Embargo on Turkey against the desecration of Saint Sophia John Faraclas writes and warns: If we really mean as an international community what we say, let us act accordingly…

The Twelve Days of SHIPPINGInsight OPTIMIZED FORMAT  –  INNOVATIVE IDEAS  –  PROFITABLE OPPORTUNITIES The 12 Days of SHIPPINGInsight As we approach the end of one decade, and the beginning of…

Further Market losses and crucial Geopolitics testing our patience; CAUTION! The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was down 40 points to 1,734 thanks to the Capes’ triple-digit fall. Geopolitics are not…

The BDI@2,011 …and time to celebrate before the storm…* The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) finally “did it”… surpassing the 2,000 points threshold and indeed under the circumstances is a milestone……

Mitsotakis topples Tsipras with an overwhelming majority Kyriakos Mitsotakis topples Alexis Trsipras with an overwhelming majority; end of the story! Centre-Right party Nea Demokratia headed by Kyriakos Mitsotakis  ridiculed the…

The BDI@725; a double digit rise but… The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) gained 11 points since yesterday amid a worsening geopolitical environment… John Faraclas’ brief daily recap: Wonder how you…

“Boosted” by St. Valentine’s the BDI now stands at 628! The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) clinched 20 points earlier on today and many can take a deep breath yet again…

Brexit? Business as usual! No fear! John Faraclas takes a tour down his own memory lane; an unforgettable good little adventure… The dubious work of propaganda and dirty party politics…

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost another 40 points earlier on today and things might become nasty for the hoi polloi! Geopolitics are already creating chaos and we might see…

Following the successful refloating and raising of the aft section of the cargoship Cabrera Andros island in the Cyclades in Greece’s central Aegean Sea, it is a rare so to…

HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: The USD was firmer in European trade on Friday and UST yields moved higher on the back of increased US tax reform optimism. With a…

Without prejudice Anathema and Migrants: Human Aggression at its best! Why all this hypocrisy by all involved and in particular from the so called politically correct EU’s masters of colonialism?…

Not even the volatile Capers can stop the Dry Markets from a total collapse creating yet another all time low BDI at 345! Something unimaginable for the hoi polloi, but…

Europe continues to ignore the plight of those immigrants desperately trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean sea crossing. Most, if not all, those deaths could be prevented. For less…

GREEK CONTROLLED SHIPPING   Αn information paper based on data provided to the GSCC by Lloyd’s Register of Shipping – Fairplay For the 28th consecutive year the GSCC presents statistical…

We have inserted herebelow the text of The Statement and also attached at the end the text with the Greek Translation including those who have signed/supported  same, as well as…

It probably sounds a bit odd but the truth of the matter is that investing in shipping now that the BDI is on a free fall (it was all along…

  Our forty-ninth  weekly recapitulation of the markets and world geopolitics affecting same, tonight Friday the 19th of December 2014 with John Faraclas of AllAboutShipping in London. • The BDI…

Over the last forty years the nation which gave the world for three millennia great orators, politicians and business champions – particularly in the shipping front, as well as an…

Vessel operating costs are expected to rise by almost three per cent in both 2014 and 2015, according to a new survey by international accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens. …

Statistics from Oslo Børs 2014 Facts and figures September 2014 Share trading up 31.8% in September. Activity in the stock market continues to be at a markedly higher level than…

Statements of the UGS President, Mr. T. Veniamis,  earlier today during the UGS Press Conference on the occasion of “Posidonia Exhibition 2014″ The President of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS),…

In all earnest: shouldn’t the judicial European Authorities check the Hellenic Shipyards et al issue…? John Faraclas writes: I have been a strong advocate for over two decades (twenty-two years…

This Friday’s live interview at SBC TV’s studios earlier this afternoon with John Faraclas being questioned by Lilian Margaritis, confirmed once again our fears: Instability, volatility and caution as things…