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 …