Slow ships and long voyages tighten dry bulk market

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Bulk carriers are spending dramatically longer – nearly 20% – at sea than at the start of the decade while also travelling more slowly, quietly removing effective capacity from the fleet just as freight rates surge to multi-year highs. The global dry bulk fleet may be getting bigger, but new research published by Greece’s Ursa …

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