SSY Blog

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) made one of its largest changes to a grain trade projection this week by forecasting a record 24.0 Mt of Chinese corn imports in the trade year to end-September ... ...

SSY Research looks at what's behind the rise of the Handysize Market ...

After tumultuous trading conditions in 2020, where tanker rates accelerated to multi-year (and on some routes record) highs before rapidly plunging, 2021 is set to be a challenging year for the tanker market. ...

The LNG shipping market felt the negative ramifications of Covid for the majority of 2020. ...

After a year when China’s dry bulk demand helped prevent the Covid-driven global contraction in dry bulk trade from being even more severe, demand prospects for 2021 hinge on not just China’s continued strength of demand, but also on the scale of recovery in the rest of the world. ...

With the Covid pandemic causing hardship across the world, this year’s Simpson Spence Young (SSY) Charity Challenge was all about raising money for local food charities ...

A new round of Chinese product export quotas could result in a rise in exports in the final months of the year in order to reduce high stock levels ...

Maritime greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for approximately 3% of global CO2 emissions, have come under increased scrutiny in recent years, not least following the 2015 UNFCCC Paris Agreement. ...