Oil Through the Looking Glass 26/8/20

*Hurricane Laura worries shut Port Houston traffic, slow bunker trading Bunker trading has slowed as a result of the imminent landfall of hurricane Laura. The US coast guard has been put on alert as the inclement weather is expected to batter the region, making its way north. Sources are saying that the market is waiting …

Morning Oil Report 26/8/20

Good morning all. Brent rose 12 cents, or 0.3%, to $45.98 a barrel by 3:35 am GMT, while WTI remained steady at $43.35 a barrel.   The back-to-back tropical storms Marco and Laura has seen upstream operators shut about 1.558 million b/d of oil, or 84.3% of offshore production, by August 25, according to latest …

Capesize rates rebound on better iron ore and coal demand

Capesize freight rates rebounded on firmer note due to good momentum from the Pacific market. The Capesize 5 time charter average went up by $387 day-on-day to $18,305 on Monday, due to good run for September contracts that nearly touched $22,000. Despite the positivity surrounding Capesize, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose slightly by 0.68 …

Capesize rates dip on a week of corrections

Capesize freight rates closed lower after the selloff in early session especially for the August and September contracts, while the Q4 contract held firm. Thus, the Capesize 5 time charter average went down by $652 day-on-day to $17,918 on Friday, to end the week on corrections for freight rates. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) then …

Morning Oil Report 24/8/20

Good morning all. Brent futures were down 2 cents, or 0.1%, to $44.33 a barrel by 3:16 am GMT, while WTI futures slipped 2 cents, or 0.1%, to $42.32 a barrel.   With the markets moving into a soft contango and the front-month struggling to breakout topside even as broader risk market stabilize, traders have …

Ship Shape – A Sleeping Bull in a China Shop

Sleepy Joe may have confirmed Kamala Harris as his running mate for the US Presidency, but there is another sleepy factor lurking in the background, ready to bring either fireworks or a quiet slide into obscurity towards the end of this year. The world has endured a period of huge upheaval. From the virus outbreak …