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Following U.S.-China trade negotiations, China has committed to resume imports of U.S. soya beans and will purchase 12 million tonnes during the rest of 2025 and 25 million tonnes per year during the next three years, like 2024 volumes. If these commitments are met, U.S. soya bean shipments are expected to surge in the short term before establishing in the medium term, said Filipe Gouveia, shipping analysis manager at BIMCO.
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Coal shipments are forecast to decline 4.9 percent between 2025 and 2027, as demand is falling as electricity generation from renewable sources continues to expand, particularly in China, Europe and India, said BIMCO, the Danish shipping association.
Furthermore, the global steel demand outlook is weak, contributing to limited demand for iron ...
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Container ship owners and operators are extending a pattern of low recycling activity since 2021, as BIMCO estimates a recycling overhang of at least 500 vessels and 1.8 million twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUS.
“So far this year, only 10 container ships have been recycled, said Niels Rasmussen, chief shipping analyst ...
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BIMCO said it has adopted a Methanol Annex to its Bunker Terms 2018, the latest addition to the Danish international shipping association’s portfolio of contracts and clauses that support the maritime industry’s transition towards alternative fuels and decarbonization.
The annex, adopted by BIMCO’s documentary committee, provides definitions to reflect ongoing developments ...
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Dutch International shipping association BIMCO increased its ship demand growth forecast for 2025 to 4.5 percent to 5.5 percent while maintaining it at 2.5. percent to 3.5 percent for 2026 on the strength of demand in non-U.S.-bound demand.
“We now expect a balanced supply/demand development in 2026 while expecting average market ...
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Product tanker newbuilding contracts in the first eight months of the year dropped 86 percent year-over-year to 2 million deadweight tonnes, representing a nine-year low, said BIMCO Shipping Analysis Manager Filipe Gouveia.
The development marks a stark reversal from the boom seen in 2023 and 2024. During those years, ships in ...
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Russian and Ukrainian grain shipments plunged a combined 49 percent year-over-year between January and August 2025, according to a report from BIMCO, the Danish shipping association. Both countries had a smaller export surplus following weaker grain harvests in the second half of 2024.
“Overall, the combined production from both countries was ...
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U.S. seaborne grain shipments improved 9 percent in the first half of 2025, despite retaliatory tariffs that caused U.S. grain exports to China to plummet 57 percent in the same period, said BIMCO, the Danish shipping association.
The first half result was driven by stronger maize exports, said Filipe Gouveia, shipping ...
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Global ship recycling could double to 16,000 ships, totaling more than 700 million deadweight tonnes over the next 10 years, said Niels Rasmussen, chief shipping analyst at BIMCO.
The Danish international shipping association for shipowners updated its estimate following the entry into force of the Hong Kong International Convention for the ...
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BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association, elected Fednav President and CEO Paul Pathy as the organization’s 47th president at its May 14 general meeting in Copenhagen.
Pathy, also the first BIMCO president from the Americas, succeeds Nikolaus H. Schües who is finishing his two-year term and will serve two more years ...
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