VLCC Rally Gathers Pace While Winter Demand is Still Upon Us – Since early September, VLCC spot rates have smashed key psychological thresholds in both the Atlantic and Pacific basins, continuing a relentless rally that is counter to historical seasonality.

Spot Indices Stabilize at Elevated Levels with Q4 in Sight – The recent push in spot dry bulk indices that lifted the market to relatively high levels seem at first sight to have run its course