August 4, 2022 | We monitored dry bulk trade flows within the last months to examine the current situation and its impact on the monthly volume of seaborne trade.

May 26, 2022 | We monitored oil flows with a focus on crude oil within the last months to examine the latest trends in the top origin and destination countries.

May 10, 2022 | A Dry Bulk Market snapshot of the ton days growth among vessel class categories vs 2021

April 21, 2022 | With Signal Ocean data we monitor the number of vessels in waiting and operating status at worldwide ports for all dry vessel categories including today’s port activity

March 30, 2022 | How do Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs) manage the freight risk? Signal Ocean platform reports can help you make the right decision.

March 4, 2022 | Antonis Malaxianakis explains how his disbursements platform uses technology to uncover hidden costs and supports shipping professionals

March 22, 2022 | How the exported volumes from Russian Federation could affect shipping transportation

March 15, 2022 | Building the framework of a maritime operating system is no easy feat. Read on to see how 4 years of analyzing data has led us to create our APIs.

March 1, 2022 | Are Sanctions the only implication on the Freight Market?

January 24, 2022 | Materialising demurrage business upside in low market levels

December 30, 2021 | Looking back on the year, were the winners crude tankers or Capesize bulkers? What determined demand and freight rates?

December 24, 2021 |The late-year resurgence of the pandemic has dashed freight rates for the beleaguered owners of crude tankers of ending the year on a positive note, but what about 2022?

November 3, 2021 | Investing in fleet repositioning at the right moment paid-off by generating material overperformance in Q4 2021

November 17, 2021 | Shipping is set to be included within Europe’s Emissions Trade Scheme (ETS) from as soon as 2023, but which types of shipping companies are going to be targeted for European Emissions Compliance?

November 9, 2021 | While the global economic recovery faces a fair share of headwinds, the unfolding energy crisis has been the real headline grabber during the last month

October 4, 2021 |The number of ballasters at declining trends compared to 2019-2020

September 29, 2021 | Dry Bulkers in Focus. The impact of Spot Freight Market Volatility on Ship Prices

September 6, 2021 | The importance of a robust training program and its crucial correlation with the business understanding

August 25, 2021 | 6-month Dirty & Clean tanker market review: The impact of Supply and Demand on freight market performance.

July 14, 2021| Latest decarbonization trends and evolution of shipping emissions with The Signal Ocean Platform CO2 emissions tool

July 7, 2021 | OPEC is back in control of oil markets but it will need to stop squabbling if it wants to avoid scoring a spectacular own goal.

June 24, 2021 | Dry bulk Industry analysis, supply & demand fundamentals, market rates & other trends with the Signal Ocean Platform data

June 16, 2021 | Container market analysis looking at Idle Ships and other data that Signal Ocean Platform can dive into

June 14, 2021 | Easily assess and compare bunker prices in different ports on the route for a selected voyage.

June 7, 2021 | Track all types of STS, Lightering, Cargo Transfer and FPSO/Storage operation in Signal Ocean Platform

May 25, 2021 | The patchy pick-up in oil demand shows little sign of changing. Global deliveries are bumpy but stronger this month.

May 12, 2021 | Dry bulk capesize freight rates breaking a record high on the back of strong start 2021 cargo loading volumes

April 22, 2021 | Explore our patent for carrier path prediction based on dynamic input data

April 7, 2021 | Last week the oil producers group decided to ease self-imposed production cuts it implemented last year due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

March 27, 2021 | In this article we will focus on about 30 of these vessels that are laden and ballast tankers of more than 25kt deadweight.

January 28, 2021 | Like our namesake, the Signal Ocean team is passionate about privacy and data security.

December 29, 2020 | As the end of the year draws near, we reflect on the sunny moments of the commercial shipping industry, the stormy moments, and all things in between.

November 4, 2020 | We share how Signal Maritime utilizes the Signal Ocean shipping technology in its day-to-day chartering business.

September 1, 2020 | Part 3 of 3: How Charterers can optimize the timing to go to market.

July 23, 2020 | Part 2 of 3: How Shipbrokers can “ring the revenue bell” with Signal Ocean.

July 1, 2020 | Part 1 of 3:How Commercial Operators can leverage ship management software to increase efficiency and profitability, optimize pricing decisions and cargo load choices.

June 26, 2020 | Over the last thirty days, the supply of commercially available Capes vessels dropped by 40% (from approximately 77 vessels to 44).

June16, 2020 | Over the last six months, the number of relet vessels in the spot market has doubled. How long do you think these market conditions will last?

April 5, 2020 | We looked at 3 scenarios to understand the impact of crude oil oversupply on VLCC supply.

March 27, 2020 | What would longer voyages mean for overall vessel availability?

March 17, 2020 | We kept a close eye on vessel supply in the wake of the March 9th drop in oil prices.

February 12, 2020 | Freight rates for the VLCC market remain depressed. This correlates with an increase in vessel supply.

Bunkerspot | March 2, 2022 | Daniel Rose, our Entrepreneur in residence, considers the implications of greater commercial ‘openness’ for the industry.

Lloyd's list | June 3, 2021 | Ioannis Martinos and Nigel Lowry discuss the appreciation of innovation in the maritime industry and the reasons sometimes the pace seems slow.

HC Insider | February 16, 2021 | Ioannis Martinos and Damian Stewart discuss the merits of digitisation in maritime.

SPLASH | December 14, 2020 | Artificial intelligence can’t answer everything since algorithms cannot replace good intuitive shipbroking.

SPLASH | November 16, 2020 | Building global traders. How to best give new chartering executives the skills needed to work to their full potential.

SPLASH | October 21, 2020 | The role of transparency in commercial shipping. How can we enable positive applications while respecting and preserving information diversity?

RIVIERA | October 5, 2020 | Digitalisation of the data chain, linking vessel, voyage and port, is a crucial step towards fleet optimisation.

INT BUSINESS TIMES | July 2, 2020 | It’s clear this age-old sector is realizing the power of technology, particularly AI, as a driver for increased productivity and profitability.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL | May 2, 2020 | Signal addresses vessel availability in the wake of increased demand for vessel storage.

OilPrice.com | April 30, 2020 | Around the world, at least one in every 10 VLCCs is currently acting as floating storage.

RIVIERA | January 7, 2020 | Signal Maritime Services and Heidmar Inc join forces to create a new era in commercial tanker pool management.

SHIP TECHNOLOGY GLOBAL | December 1, 2019 | Signal Ocean is a platform that enhances commercial performance for the shipping industry.

FREIGHTWAVES | November 4, 2019 | The Signal Ocean Platform is a SaaS engine using technology to provide more timely and accurate situational awareness for spot-chartering decisions.

AMERICAN SHIPPER | June 23, 2019 | Technology has evolved to the point where adoption is much harder to avoid.

July 20, 2022 | The algorithm underpinning Signal Ocean's estimates of vessel CO2 emissions has been verified as meeting IMO guidelines by the independent classification society DNV

July 5, 2022 | DBX, a new dry bulk commodity analytics firm based in London, officially launched earlier this year having successfully completed Signal Venture’s incubation programme, has now initiated a round of seed funding.

June 30, 2022 | The Signal Group has launched Shipergy, an innovative bunker procurement company. The new company is led by former LQM CEO, Daniel Rose and operates from offices in London and Athens.

June 10, 2022 | We share our vision of a technology-driven future, underpinning relationships and human decision-making by shipping professionals. 

June 06, 2022 | The new benchmarks will provide a series of unique indexes which will combine both companies' top technologies.

March 10, 2022 | Boost your freight trading analytics and chartering decision making with a private supercomputer

December 16, 2021 | Tanker pool manager Signal Maritime announced a significant increase in its Aframax Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) earnings.

October 20, 2021 | Signal Maritime, the Signal Group’s shipping arm, has taken commercial management of MT Silver London, its 10th Shell medium-range (MR) tanker.

October 6, 2021 | The Signal Ocean Platform has a new Dry Bulk Module. The move follows detailed beta testing with SSY and a further 10 shipowners and charterers.

August 6, 2021 | Shell Tankers (Singapore) Private Limited will contribute 10 medium-range product tankers (MRs) to the Signal Maritime MR pool.

May 26, 2021 | Commercial ship manager Signal Maritime is expanding its services and launching a new pool for MR product tankers.

February 2, 2021 | Signal Ventures is seeking entrepreneurs and startups in the maritime sector to join its ecosystem of technology partners.

December 17, 2020 | Tanker and dry bulk market participants are now able to assess the CO2 impact when chartering ships optimally positioned for their cargo.

June 29, 2020 | Since its launch, Signal’s platform has continued evolving and now tracks more than 30,000 unique ships across all bulk-shipping segments and all global trades.

January 6, 2020 | Signal Maritime Services Ltd. and Heidmar Inc. join forces to deliver high-performance commercial management to the global tanker market.

October 28, 2019 | Signal Ocean and international shipbroker Simpson Spence Young have announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership.

June 6, 2018 | Today, Signal welcomed a new era in shipping and formally introduced The Signal Ocean Platform to the maritime community.