FIS Castaway Podcast – Episode 26/05/21

    FIS Castaway Podcast – Episode 56   Scrap your friends and listen to this week’s podcast – Volatility in oil and freight, collapsing iron ore, and we take an in depth look at CME and LME steel and scrap contracts, as well as the upcoming SGX Shanghai rebar contract.     Listen Below: …

FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 26/05/21

Brent crude oil futures for July fell 6 cents, or 0.1%, to $68.59 a barrel by 0434 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for July was at $65.92 a barrel, down 15 cents, or 0.2%.   U.S. crude oil and fuel inventories fell last week, said two market sources, citing Tuesday’s American Petroleum …

Daily Capesize Review 24/0/5/21

Capesize freight rates spotted slight gains on the improving physical market, especially from better shipping demand in the Pacific market. The Capesize 5 time charter average then inched up by $232 day-on-day to $32,825 on Monday, as the paper market maintained its bullish run since last week. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also hiked up …

FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 25/05/21

Brent crude futures LCOc1 were up 14 cents, or 0.2%, at $68.60 a barrel by 0400 GMT, having jumped 3% on Monday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures CLc1 was up 8 cents at $66.13 a barrel, after gaining 3.9% the previous session.   The case for oil to remain on target to hit $80 is …