Research Report
2008 Outlook for the Dry-Bulk and Crude-Oil Shipping Markets
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Editors & Publishers: Research Group, NYK Line
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Contents
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Preface
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Outlook for Supply and Demand
- Overview of Seaborne Trade Volume and Cargo Mix, and Focus of Analysis
- Trends in GDP, Trade Volume, and Seaborne Cargo Volume in the World over the Last 10 Years
- Economic and Industrial Trends in China
- Economic and Industrial Trends in the U.S.
- Recent Seaborne Trade Trends of Dry-Bulk Items and Crude Oil
- Seaborne Trade Volumes, Review of Past 10 Years and Outlook for Next 10 Years
- Predicted Cargo Mix in Next 10 Years
- Seaborne Trade on Ton-Mileage Basis
- Flows of Seaborne Trade: Analysis of Main Exporter/Importer Countries and Region
- Outlook of Tonnage Supply/Demand for the Next Three Years
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Demand Trends
= Iron Ore =
- Iron-Ore Trade Worldwide in 2007
- Developments in and after 2007
- Future Outlook of Seaborne Trade Volume of Iron Ore
= Coking Coal =
- Coking-Coal Trade Worldwide in 2007
- 2008: Stagnation of Shipping Due to Natural Disasters and Coking-Coal Price Negotiations
- Future Outlook of Seaborne Trade Volume of Coking Coal
= Steam Coal =
- Steam-Coal Trade Worldwide in 2007
- Developments after 2007
- Future Outlook of Seaborne Trade Volume of Steam Coal
= Grains =
- Seaborne Trade Volume of Grains in 2007
- Seaborne Grain Trade Volume and Ton-Mileage
- Supply Ever Tightening
- Food Grains Accounting for 41% of Total Consumption
- Wheat
- Coarse Grains
- Soybeans
- Soybean meal
= Minor Bulk =
- Steel (including semi-finished products)
- Scrap Iron
- Logs
- Woodchips
- Wood Pulp
- Rice (polished rice)
- Oilseeds (except soybeans) and Oilseed Meal (except soybean meal)
- Sugar
- Phosphate Rock
- Raw Materials for Fertilizers
- Bauxite and Alumina
- Manganese Ore
- Cement (including clinker)
- Coal Coke
- Salt
= Crude Oil =
- Cargo Traffic in 2007 and 2008
- Outlook of World Crude-Oil Production
- Consumption Trends in Major Countries
- Impacts of High Crude-Oil Prices on Merchant Shipping
- VLCC Newbuilding Order Placement Accelerated
= Oil Products =
- Seaborne Trade Trends of Oil Products in 2007
- Demand for Oil Products
- Oil-Refining Capacity
- Outlook of Trade Trends
- Order Placement for New Oil-Product and Chemical Tankers
- Seaborne Volume of Products Carried by Chemical Tankers
- Future Supply and Demand Trends of Petrochemicals
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Supply Trends
- Newbuilding Trends (Trends of Tonnage Ordered, Tonnage Completed and Tonnage on Order According to Lloyd's Statistics)
- Trends of Newbuilding Orders and Demolition
- Supply of Bulker and Tanker Tonnages (Based on Fearnleys' Statistics)
- Overview of Chinese Shipbuilding Industry (Based on Clarkson's Statistics)
- Tonnage Supply and Environmental Problems
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Market Trends
- Dry-Bulk Market
- Tanker Market
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World Economy
- Overview
- Outlook for the Next 10 Years
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Abbreviations
Charts (Appendices)
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