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Suez Canal To Hike Tolls On Crude Tankers By 5%
The raging second Egyptian Spring isn't quite the webcast ratings bonanza it was when it first struck in 2011, which makes sense as the current Muslim Brotherhood government has the full backing of the US and thus it is in "everyone's best interest" to not follow how close to a counterrevolution the nation once again is. And while for the time being the country's most valuable asset, the Egypt-controlled Suez Canal Authority is in "stable" hands, that does not mean that the government, which today announced its foreign reserves had dipped precariously to only $13.6 billion, can't enforce inflation where everyone else says deflation reigns. As a result, as of May 1, the tolls for any crude oil and other liquid tankers will rise by 5%, while tolls for other commodities will increase by 2-3%. Expect said additional infrastructure costs to be promptly passed on to end consumers around the globe.
From Seanews:
THE Suez Canal Authority has announced that tolls for the waterway will be increased from May 1.
For general cargo, ro/ro and passenger vessels the increase will be three per cent. Containerships and vehicle carriers will have the least increase at two per cent.
According to a detailed new tariff structure the tolls will increase by five per cent for crude oil tankers, petroleum product tankers, chemical carriers and other liquid bulk carriers, LPG, LNG and dry bulk carriers, said a port news report from GAC.
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So WTI is really over 100 now? Awesome.
Nothing but good things can happen now.
Do they accept EZ-Pass at the Suez? If so, no one will never notice the rate hike.
No worries, we'll just tell the oil companies they can't raise prices. What could go wrong?
That is the ticket, SilverisKing ! Force the Saudis to use their credit card to buy credits on EZ-Pass.
Actually, as an American I see this as a kick the Euro sissies while they are down maneuver...Don Quixote, Frenchy, the Spaghetti Republic, and Zorba the Greek. In other words, not my problem.
Our oil comes from the Gulf of Mexico, The North Slope (of the Brooks Range), Canada, Mexico, and Venezuela.
If I were getting paid billions in dollars worth less today than yesterday, I'd sure as hell demand more of them for as long as I could. And swap them for real assets as fast as I could.
Gotta pay for those F-16's somehow! Oh. wait...
5%..........that's a fucking deal! Uncle Ben has increased the cost of living thru exported inflation in the Middle East by 50% in the last 4 years!! Europe is fucking lucky the "toll" didn't go up 100%!!!
Trouble in the suez.....
I thought Egypt was fixed?
<"Will someone please slow the teleprompter down so I can read the damn thing." - Obama>
Ohhhhh it was fixed alright. Just not for the common folk.
The Rothschilds fixed the financing of the constructino of the Suez canal.
Please define the word "fixed." Maybe use it in a sentence so that I can get a "feel" for the context here. lol.
I had a vasectomy last year, only my wife called it a lobotomy. That fixed me up real good.
hampton pearson = everything that is wrong with this country
Good thing they don't use gasoline in Europe.
That'll teach them pesky Germans to want their gold back.
I'm reliving the 70s except without the long hair and bell bottoms. God that was an awful time...all the way around. Good music though.
So who did you like best? Captain & Tenille or Donny & Marie?... Are you a little bit Country? Or a little bit Rock & Roll?...
The Carpenters, man.
what are you guys? a hundred?
For every Eagles & Led Zeppelin, there's a Terry Jacks & Helen Reddy... Depends whose time capsule you open...
Sonny & Cher for me
Yeah but I think you have to admit the musical talent back then was still great on average. Back then (and I never spent a single day in the 70s btw), putting together great melodies and rhythmical harmony was still important to music- and I think I can make this case acrros genres from Creedence to Curtis Mayfield. I find melody is sort of lacking from modern music. Thats because beats are now what makes a good song. And a beat is all about getting one little piece of music to sound amazing and repeating it in a simple arrangement, while melody is about an incredibly complex arrangement of simple sounds.
Most of the 'good songs' nowadays are DJ Mashups of 70's & 80's music...
How true when you think about it- there are far too many examples to list...
+1
Some dedicated artists, too - nothing sells records like a heroin overdose!
Did you know that when Apple Records signed James Taylor, they flew both him and his father to London? His father to sign the contract because JT was still a minor.
Cat Stevens
Al Stewart.
CW McCall, Tiny Tim, The Hillside Singers, Buffy Saint-Marie, Leif Garrett, David Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy, Suzy Quattro, Skylark, Jigsaw, Black Oak Arkansas, William DeVaughn, Pilot, Elvin Bishop, Rick Dees, Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr., David Soul, Debby Boone, Randy Van Warmer, David Naughton...
You're young adulthood was definitely warped!
Eh Breaker-one-nine this here's the DISCO DUCK, you got copy on me Big Ben 'cmon...
~~~
You couldn't make this shit up if you tried... MUPPETS... That's all I have to say...
Great music doc, I really envy you guys for that, what I wouldnt give to have seen some of these guys that died before I was born.
Have you ever seen the film "Withnail and I"? Its an absolute classic. Much of it centers around how the 60's were the last great burst of human creativity.
Epic line which almost sounds totally fresh:
"If you're hanging on to a rising balloon, you're presented with a difficult decision — let go before it's too late or hang on and keep getting higher, posing the question: how long can you keep a grip on the rope? They're selling hippie wigs in Woolworth's, man. The greatest decade in the history of mankind is over. And as Presuming Ed here has so consistently pointed out, we have failed to paint it black."
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090325/REVIE...
Can Panama Canal be far behind?
The Panama Canal is getting widened / doubled up. 2015 is the expected finish date and the US East Coast is dredging its deep water ports to accomodate ever larger vessels.
Not being reported at all. It's a game changer.
Here is one analysis I got from a google search,
http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Panama-Canal-Expansion-Expected-to-Br...
Nutshell: bye bye California, Seattle, flyover train hubs, hello Gulf, Charleston, Norfolk, Baltimore, Elizabeth, ....
[EDIT] The Army Corps of Engineers has the best analysis. Page 49 shows who is ready and who isn't.
http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/docs/portswaterways/rpt/June_20_U.S._Port_...
I hear the longshoremen on the west coast are some of the most highly compensated workers in the world. Probably right up there with the skycaps who pull down 100k or more in cash tips every year. Not a bad gig.
Just more of Bernanke's fucking shit stains bleeding throught the global pants of consumers.
Fuck you Bernanke you fucking asshole
That was the most disgusting - and hilarious - comment I have ever read on ZeroHedge.
Bravo, good sir!
So that would be 2% in statistical terminology? Doesn't seem so bad.
5%... no big deal.
Word has it that Mohammed is cutting back Jihad virgins to six each.
Times are getting tough in Islamoville.
1. Shut down Egypt's SWIFT account
2. Accelerate the EGP decline
3. Release honey badgers in Cairo
4. Renegotiate a toll repeal in one month
Good! Anything that makes outsourcing production to China less profitable is a step in the right direction.
It's Transit-ory.
Then we have North Korea's latest.....
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/05/north-korea-video-depicts-smolde...
North Korea video shows New York in ruins after missile attack
North Korea, already gearing up for yet another nuclear test, has posted a bizarre online video depicting New York under an apparent missile attack with "We Are the World" serving as a soundtrack.
The three-minute video posted on YouTube on Saturday was released by Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from North Korea’s state-run media. It features a young man in a dream sequence in which he sees himself aboard a North Korean space shuttle launched into orbit by the same type of rocket Pyongyang successfully launched in December. A densely populated city, which is shrouded in a U.S. flag, is then depicted to the tune of “We Are the World,” the charity single recorded in 1985.
The "We are the world" background track is very creepy.
They are still pissed off over the Onion and the Kim Jong-Un sexiest man story.
what they need to do is drain the suez canal and pick up all the gold that's fallen overboard over the (last 3000) years.
in case of tension escalation around suez - that would instantly send tanker shares to heaven and EU to hell
Between May and December of '08 the Baltic Dry Index fell 94.4%. It has never recovered. So I'm guessing this 5% hike in tolls ain't exactly what the world's shippers need right about now. If you'd care to see some stunning charts on what that 94% decline looks like, please feel free to hit the link. It's my own blog, so if you don't think I should post a link to an article at my own joint, please forgive me and don't hit it. Some amazing charts though.
http://albertarocks-ta-discussions.blogspot.ca/2012/01/bdi-big-drop-inde...
Firstly, 'shippers' dont give a shit about suez canal tolls as this is passed onto the charterer (the guy who owns the cargo).
Next, your blog is full of shit. The BDI does not cover automobiles, textiles, electronic goods, furniture and of course goats. Furthermore, the crash in dry freight is supply driven...way too many new ships delivered. We have actually seen an increase in seaborne trade (mainly focussed on China). There is no correlations to equities anymore.
So I guess you're thinking that a 5% hike in tolls, whether it gets passed on to the charterer or not, is something the charter needs? So you think the 5% hike is going to 'increase' shipping tonnage or somehow be 'good' for shipping? lol.
Everybody is aware that there has been an oversupply of ships being built and that there is even an oversupply actually under construction right now. So what? The bottom line is that shipping revenue has tanked 94%, has not recovered, is about to tank some more and the shippers are in deep, deep shit. Any increases, whether they're charged directly to the shippers OR directly to the charterer are 'still' an increase. What part of that don't you understand?
True, the crash in dry freight is supply driven. Who said it wasn't? And since it's supply driven doesn't that clue you in that there is no demand? We actually "have not" seen an increase in seaborne trade.
"There is no correlations to equites anymore." Who said there was any correlation between the BDI and equities?
WTF was the point of your comment anyway, because there's not an ounce of sense in it. Was you point simply to bash somebody who has a blog? Because that's what trolls do.
5% is nothing once this war/revolution gets ramped up its going to look like gost busters after they dropped the containment grid. Buckle up!