Dry Cargo

An experienced team specialising in the Capesize market, our dry cargo brokers operate from key hubs in London, Dubai, Singapore, and Hong Kong. We extend our services to smaller deadweight markets based on our clients’ needs. Backed by robust research capabilities, our goal is to offer informed advice and assistance, guiding clients through the intricacies of the challenging and highly volatile freight markets.

Our goal is to offer more than just brokerage services; we aim to provide informed advice and assistance that guides clients through the intricacies of today’s challenging and highly volatile freight markets.

Dry Cargo in numbers

1600+

Capesize and Newcastlemax bulk carriers in operation

1.2b

Tonnes Chinese Iron Ore imports in 2024

Dry Cargo Team

Adelene Low

Dry Cargo Operator

Department: Dry Cargo Capesize Ops

Location: Singapore

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Bernard Zhang

Trainee Broker

Department: Dry Cargo

Location: Hong Kong

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Carl Palmer

Broker

Department: Dry Cargo Capesize

Location: Australia

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Edward Carlbom

Broker

Department: Dry Cargo Capesize

Location: Dubai

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James Stewart

Sectional Director

Department: Dry Cargo Capesize

Location: Singapore

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Jercynda Neo

Dry Cargo Operator

Department: Dry Cargo Capesize Ops

Location: Singapore

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Jeremy Abbott

Research / Broker

Department: Dry Cargo Capesize

Location: London

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Nicholas Ward

Director

Department: Dry Cargo Capesize

Location: London

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Samuel Tay

Broker

Department: Dry Cargo Capesize

Location: Singapore

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Shengming Zhang

Broker

Department: Dry Cargo Capesize

Location: Hong Kong

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Stuart Mitchley

Broker

Department: Dry Cargo Capesize

Location: London

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Propelling maritime trade through excellence in shipping services.

With over 130 years of experience and a global network of industry connections, we are your trusted partner in shipbroking and advisory services.

Tankers

From crude oil to refined products we facilitate the chartering and brokerage of tankers.

LPG, Ammonia & Petrochemical Gases

Leveraging expertise, we ensure seamless transportation of liquefied gases.

Sale & Purchase

Facilitating the acquisition, divestiture and value optimisation of shipping vessels.

Specialised & Chemical Tankers

Offering specialised solutions, we manage the chartering and brokerage of chemical tankers.

Projects & Time Charter

Catering for the specific needs of clients in project and time charter requirements.

Consultancy & Research

Providing valuable insights and strategic advice to empower our clients with market intelligence and analysis.

LNG

Facilitating chartering solutions to ensure the efficient and secure transportation of LNG.

Dry Cargo

Managing and actioning the chartering and brokerage of dry bulk commodities.

Gibson Capital

Gibson Capital provides specialised maritime finance and advisory services.

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Tanker Market Report 10.07.26

Can the US Keep It Up?

Over the course of more than 100 days of the Strait of Hormuz closure, the US proved to be the single most important source of replacement barrels, both for crude and clean products. With the ceasefire unravelling and attacks in the Strait resuming, exports from the Middle East Gulf are unlikely to recover anytime soon. The need for replacement barrels therefore remains significant but can the US continue to deliver at such elevated levels?

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Tanker Market Report 03.07.26

Flow Recovers

The Middle East tanker market in June was shaped by a cautious recovery as a temporary US-Iran ceasefire helped boost regional transit activity. Both crude and clean product exports saw a significant jump in volumes, offering a welcome lift to regional loadings. However, the increase in activity was quickly met by a growing influx of available vessels, which began outpacing demand and putting downward pressure on record-high spot rates.

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Tanker Market Report 26.06.26

Trumping 2025

Feature Story Crude Oil Clean Products Dirty Products Rates & Bunkers Trumping 2025 After a chaotic 2025 dominated by tariffs, trade wars, actual wars and sanctions, it seemed hard to imagine 2026 could trump the chaos of last year. Yet, that thesis was proven wrong after just three days with the US President using 2025 […]

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Tanker Market Report 19.06.26

Fourteen Points

After more than three months of disruption, the prospect of the Iran conflict drawing to a close appears higher than ever. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Iran and the US, signed twice over the past week, sets out fourteen points charting a path towards normalisation.

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Tanker Market Report 12.06.26

Too Much of a Good Thing

Feature Story Crude Oil Clean Products Dirty Products Rates & Bunkers Too Much of a Good Thing The Strait of Hormuz has been largely blocked since late February but despite an unprecedented energy crisis, tanker ordering activity for large carriers has intensified notably this year, especially for VLCCs, the segment that is arguably the most […]

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Tanker Market Report 05.06.26

Resilient VLCCs

The global VLCC market appears to have entered a phase of cautious stabilisation with freight rates retracing from their war-driven peak back toward pre-war benchmarks. The severe freefall many anticipated from structural tonnage oversupply has so far been avoided.

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Tanker Projects 05.06.26

Gibson Weekly Projects Report – 05 June

Gibson Weekly Projects Report

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Tanker Market Report 29.05.26

Back on Track?

Last month, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 84th Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 84) session in London. The meeting followed a volatile MEPC 2nd extraordinary session last October, where a coalition of countries successfully delayed the adoption of the IMO’s much anticipated Net Zero Framework (NZF).

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Tanker Market Report 22.05.26

Strait Forward

The Iran conflict is in its 12th week now, and the prospect for a deal which leads to normalisation in the Middle East look tenuous. Despite seeing some progress in the number of tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, compared to pre-war levels flows of oil and products remain at a trickle, with Iran and the US both vying for control. Numerous conditions would need to be met before pre-war traffic could resume; security guarantees, mine clearance, and a renewed insurance framework, among others. If these conditions are met, and such a comprehensive agreement is reached today between Iran and the US (as well as Israel and the GCC), what would the timeline be for a resumption of Middle East Gulf exports?

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Tanker Market Report 15.05.26

EU keeps the pressure on

Whilst the world’s attention remains firmly focused on Iran, the EU’s 20th sanctions package has perhaps undeservingly received little attention. Yet, the fact that the EU continues to push ahead with further sanctions amid an unprecedented energy crisis is a clear indication that the EU’s stance on Russia remains unchanged.

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Tanker Market Report 08.05.26

Clean-to-Dirty

Clean to dirty switching first gathered pace in the fourth quarter of 2025 with recent geopolitical developments further accelerating dirty ups in recent months. With the outbreak of war paralysing the Middle East Gulf, approximately 2.4mbd of clean products have been removed from the tanker the market. With regional crude exports and refining activity subdued, tonnage fled the East in a mass exodus toward the Atlantic Basin in search of employment.

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Tanker Market Report 01.05.26

OPEXIT

Earlier this week, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) confirmed its exit from OPEC. Whilst an exit had been mooted before, the timing of the announcement surprised many given the ongoing Middle East war. With Hormuz effectively closed, and oil production shut in across the region, Abu Dhabi’s announcement will not impact oil markets today. However, in the long term, oil prices, production and tanker demand could all feel the impact.

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Tanker Market Report 24.04.26

MRs in focus

The conflict in Iran concludes its eighth week and tanker markets are adapting to the new reality. In the East, clean exports are so far this month averaging the lowest levels in over a decade, in large part due to nearly inexistent exports from the Middle East Gulf (MEG), but also due to a lack of feedstock, especially for Asian refiners, alongside protectionist policies barring exports from some countries. In contrast to this, West of Suez clean exports are near record monthly highs.

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