FIS Castaway Podcast – Episode 43 – John B Special, Available Now! 24/02/21

FIS Castaway Podcast – Episode 43 – John B Special    Record volumes and incredible volatility. Listen to John B, CEO of FIS, on what’s been happening in the dry freight markets and the reasons behind it, on this week’s podcast.   Listen Below:   Website https://freightinvestorservices.com/blog/fis-castaway-eps-43-unprecedented-coverage-in-unprecedented-times/   Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/15tTEQcTWTNr5z9gG8xtAW?si=Zhh7NTTdSyeV5PL_4VC8oA   And Itunes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fis-castaway/id1507094242#episodeGuid=e5d1d495-650f-1489-91e8-344b12fb8b75     Disclaimer: This …

Daily Capesize Review 23/2/21

Capesize freight rates continued to move downward, as shipping activities thinned after recent rally. The Capesize 5 time charter average then dropped by $657 day-on-day to $13,216 on Tuesday, as the March contract came under pressure and traded lower. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) however, rose higher on the strength of Panamax market, spotting a …

FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 24/02/21

API inventories Crude +1.026M VS Est. -5.372M Cushing +2.783M VS Prev. -3.034M Gasoline +0.066M VS Est. -3.427M Distillate -4.489M VS Est. -3.905M   Crude stockpiles rose by 1 million barrels in the week to Feb. 19, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported on Tuesday, against estimates for a draw of 5.2 million barrels in a …

Oil Through the Looking Glass 23/2/21

Texas Refineries Slowly Restart After Last Week’s Deep Freeze Refineries in the oil-rich Texas Gulf rapidly started ramping up production as much as possible following the fallout of the deep freeze which locked in as much as 4 million barrels per day in the height of the cold snap. It is thought the 85% of …

Fuel Oil Morning Report 23/02/21

  Brent crude was up $1.10, or 1.7%, at $66.34 a barrel by 0437 GMT, after earlier hitting a high of $66.79. U.S. crude rose 92 cents, or 1.5%, to $62.62 a barrel, having reached a session high of $63. Both benchmarks have risen more than 2% on Tuesday after climbing nearly 4% in the …

Daily Capesize Review 22/2/21

Capesize freight rates moved downward on slow trading after last week rally, amid market optimism on better post-holidays demand. The Capesize 5 time charter average then dropped by $351 day-on-day to $13,873 on Monday, after a sluggish start to the week. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) went up slightly with a gain of 0.65% or …