Logistics News & Reports

• Baltic Dry Index crashes to 25-year lows 02 February 2012

  Further falls mean charter rates drop below operating costs; China bans Valemaxes Read More

• Oman mineral-focused port preparing for early operations 31 January 2012

  Port offers to help investors delineate extraction zones and obtain permits Read More

• Beleaguered shipping rates decline further 26 January 2012

  Fall in Baltic Dry Index continues, despite Vale lifting flooding force majeure Read More

• Halliburton to invest $20m in new frac sand terminal 24 January 2012

  US oil services group plans to start building the facility in Colorado during Q1 Read More

• Shipping rates halve y-o-y as storm batters Australia 12 January 2012

  Baltic Dry Index plunges on faltering optimism and cyclones shutting iron ore port Read More

• US railroads feel frac sand’s weight 06 January 2012

  Frac sand producing states ill-equipped; traffic triples on short line railroads Read More

• Dry bulk rates suffer holiday hangover 05 January 2012

  Slow start after break, with limited activity and Vale's giant vessel softening rates Read More

• Shipping rates ease ahead of Christmas break 22 December 2011

  Dry bulk falls as activity tails off before the extended holiday season, rates could stay low Read More

• Operations at Oman’s mineral port to start 15 December 12 December 2011

  Sohar port to open country up to industrial minerals market, $14bn redevelopment Read More

• Pro Sands strikes new rail deal amid booming frac market 01 December 2011

  Pro sands to move 2,400 carloads of freight annually into new $3m facility Read More

• Dry bulk shipping continues to slip 29 November 2011

  Rio Tinto and BHP forecast uncertainty in Chinese demand, pulling rates down Read More

• Dry bulk rates flatline on uncertain markets 24 November 2011

  Rally in iron ore and steel ends and shipping rates follow metal markets downward Read More

• Shipping rises as spot iron hits hot streak 17 November 2011

  Baltic dry index up as China starts buying iron ore after lengthy hiatus Read More

• Amsterdam venue for latest in mineral supply and logistics 10 November 2011

  Ilmenite, chromite, graphite, magnesia, refractories & oilfield minerals discussed Read More

• Shipping rates follows iron ore down 03 November 2011

  Dry bulk market slumps as spot iron ore prices goes into free fall Read More

• Dry bulk firms despite plummeting iron ore 27 October 2011

  Iron ore prices fall to 15 month lows as Chinese steel mill demand falters Read More

• Shipping edges up despite low activity 20 October 2011

  Dry bulk edges up on positive coal demand and more production coming online Read More

• Dry bulk bounces after Chinese holidays 13 October 2011

  Shipping rates climb due to China’s return, end of Indian monsoon, and Japan steel Read More

• Mineral shipments from East Africa under growing pirate threat 13 October 2011

  Suppliers from Africa’s east coast experiencing sharp rise in insurance costs Read More

• Dry bulk rates hit “psychological barrier” 29 September 2011

  Shipping outlook bleak on slower Pacific activity as strikes reduce coal output Read More

• Shipping rates drop as Australia cuts coal forecasts 22 September 2011

  Dry bulk market falls as Australia cuts coal output & Chinese steel demand eases Read More