1. Lack of progress in Canadian rail talks raises possibility of May strike

   02 April 2024 Ari Ashe

   A stalemate over a new collective bargaining agreement for Canadian rail conductors and engineers has set the stage for vote by union members...

2. Maritime State of Play Report: Evolution of deceptive shipping practices — Voyage irregularities

   28 February 2024 Jeremy Domballe

   The purpose of this paper is to provide some context as to what constitutes the concept of "voyage irregularities" by building on to what has...

3. Logistics’ complicated structure requires equally complex approach to AI usage

   14 February 2024 Eric Johnson

   The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) in logistics over the past year, predominantly around so-called generative AI, has led to a...

4. Shore Thing - 2023 Global Trade Themes

   20 January 2023 Chris Rogers

   The long-awaited downturn in global trade will take place in 2023. Supply chain realignments that have been years in the making will begin to...

5. Global Trade Monitor – September 2022

   15 September 2022 Katarzyna Skrzypek Agnieszka Maciejewska

   From a quarterly perspective, the most recent data for the second quarter of 2022 from S&P Global Market Intelligence - Global Trade Analytics...

6. Managing Dangerous Cargo Risk in the Era of Digitalisation

   01 September 2022 Yingzhi Zhang

   The safety of ships carrying dangerous goods has always been a concern for the shipping community. To improve the security and safety of such...

7. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine puts additional strain on global food production chain

   16 June 2022 Philipp Ludwig

   The conflicts in Ukraine have affected food prices directly via supply disruptions and indirectly via surging fertilizer prices.

8. Tanker Demand to Grow 3.5% - 5.6% as Europe Avoids Russian Oil - Asia Imports More

   13 June 2022 Rahul Kapoor Fotios Katsoulas

   . Assuming the Continent will fully avoid Russian seaborne flows at some point, this would affect average monthly flows of 55 million barrels...

9. The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) fine Hong Kong trade financing firm $5.2m for Iran export compliance failures

   19 January 2022 Byron McKinney

   The Hong Kong subsidiary of Japanese firm, Sojitz, has been fined $5.2m by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in January 2022 for...

10. Shipping market outlook 2022 Container vs Dry bulk

    30 November 2021 Daejin Lee

    The dry bulk and container market balance is expected to remain stable in the 2022, while freight rates may face correction when vaccines reduce...

11. With the peak of the recovery in Q2 2021, global trade is likely to grow more moderately in Q3 & Q4

    01 October 2021 Tomasz Brodzicki

    Global trade is likely to grow more moderately in Q3 & Q4

12. Capesize market will overall remain strong in the coming months despite China’s steel production curb

    20 August 2021

    The coal market will be an influential factor in the coming months for the Capesize market. Capesize vessels have gained a larger share of the...

13. Speed, key to reduce carbon emission and indicators for freight demand

    18 August 2021 Daejin Lee

    According to Bulkers at Sea Fleet metrics, the speed of all size classes (VLOC to Handysize) in the past four years by quarter (different market...

14. Monthly Report: OPEC Seaborne Crude Exports in April Up 2.6%, Driven by Saudi Arabian Loadings

    29 April 2021 Fotios Katsoulas

    Seaborne crude oil shipments by OPEC producers so far in April have averaged 18.95 million b/d, an increase of 2.6% from March, as the group...

15. USMCA - an enhanced framework for trade within North America

    20 April 2021 Tomasz Brodzicki, Ph.D.

    The real GDP of USMCA in 2020 was equal to USD 24.2 trillion (30% of global GDP, it was equal to USD 12.5 trillion in 1994 when NAFTA was established...

16. Insight into the global variation of mean export distance

    02 November 2020 Tomasz Brodzicki, Ph.D.

    Mean export distance increased by 9.5% over the period 2000-19 from 4,464 kilometers in 2000 to 4,886 kilometers in 2019. An average mean export...

17. Pattern of trade for the US and China

    26 February 2020 Tomasz Brodzicki, Ph.D.

    Both US and Chinese exports and imports show significant seasonality; the seasonal component is stronger for China than for the US.

18. Iron Ore Freight: IMO 2020 scrubber retrofits tighten supply, behind freight market surge

    19 September 2019 Rahul Kapoor Daejin Lee

    A sequential decline in August iron ore export volumes from Brazil is at odds with Capesize freight rates surging to a six-year high in recent...

19. The Trade Numerologist: Vietnam, New Export Power, Aims at Chinese, US Markets

    25 March 2019 John Miller

    After recovering from the war with the US, which decimated the countryside and killed millions of people, Vietnamese leaders in the 1980s started...

20. The Trade Numerologist: War, Oil Dependence, Israel, Iran and Other Challenges of Middle East Trade

    04 March 2019 John Miller

    As European and Arab leaders gathered in late February for a summit in Egypt, they promised to focus on boosting trade between the two regions....

21. The Trade Numerologist: Could Trade War Boost Global Mining?

    09 October 2018 John Miller

    The trade war between the US and China has cast a gloom over the global economy. Higher tariffs are expected to increase prices and dent demand...

22. The Trade Numerologist: Global Auto in Thick of Trade War

    05 September 2018 John Miller

    The world’s brewing trade war could have a significant impact on automakers, parts manufacturers, logistics firms, and investors.

23. The Trade Numerologist: US escalates trade disputes with allies

    04 June 2018 John Miller

    The US ramped up trade friction last week with key allies Canada, Mexico and the European Union, by implementing proposed metal tariffs, underscoring...

24. The Trade Numerologist: Discord in (Real) Apple Markets

    02 April 2018 John Miller

    As it had threatened, China has imposed new import duties on $3 billion worth of U.S. imports, including a 15% tariff on fruit, to retaliate...

25. The Trade Numerologist: Where Bicycles Come From

    19 February 2018 John Miller

    Since the invention of the modern bicycle in France, Germany and the U.S. in the 19th century, manufacturers have cranked out billions of two-wheeled...

26. Chinese terminal operators closing gap with majors

    11 October 2017 IHS Markit Maritime & Trade Expert

    This article by Turloch Mooney originally published on JOC.com. The number of overseas port locations with investment from China's big three...

27. Lack of monitoring undermines coatings convention

    10 July 2017 IHS Markit Maritime & Trade Expert

    This story originally published on Fairplay.S&P Global.com. Questions are being asked about the use of organotins in anti-fouling paints. Credit...

28. IHS Markit Global Maritime Outlook 2017

    05 December 2016

    S&P Global Global Maritime Outlook 2017

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