Enry’s Theory is on Investire Today! In the Economy Group digital newspaper, you will find the business management handbook written by our CEO, Luigi V. Rinaldi

The manual is available on Amazon and in major bookstores, what are you waiting for? Do not miss theoretical reflections and practical examples to take your business to the next level!

Thanks to Emil Abirascid for including "Enry’s Theory" among the recommended readings for business management.     

This manual, written by our CEO Luigi Valerio Rinaldi, offers practical advice and theoretical reflections to help entrepreneurs, and wannabe entrepreneurs, successfully surf the waves of the liquid economy! 

https://www.startupbusiness.it/letture-modelli-dimpresa-eventi-digitali-umanocrazia/110418/

Enry’s Island, the world’s first Incubation & Acceleration Metaverse, wishes you happy holidays! 

2021 has been a great year for us, and we’re sure next year will be even brighter! 

Thanks to each of our 800+ stakeholders and all 25+ startups in our portfolio. You rock!

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Happy holidays!

We made history - The first investor day in the Metaverse was held last week!

And this is only the beginning! Enry’s Island has been planning to launch its Metaverse from 2018, with its evolution "from Platform to Metaverse"

Find out more: https://vimeo.com/657071039

How to manage your business in liquid modernity? Find out new methodologies, learn new management tools, discover practical advice. 

In "Enry’s Theory" you will find everything you need to turn your startup into the next unicorn!

Don’t miss the definitive handbook of business management, written by our CEO Luigi Valerio Rinaldi and published by McGraw Hill --> https://theory.enrysisland.com/

Another award, another startup in Enry’s Island portfolio 

This time the winner is Confidence.cr, awarded by Green Hill Advisory as "Naming Prize Innovalley 4 StartCup"! 

Another great achievement for this startup! 

Find out more HERE

A great achievement for BLK, a startup in our portfolio, yesterday guest at the Trade Review Asia 2021

Congrats again to Gabriele Dado, CEO of BLK!

Find out more HERE

Benvenuto in Rinascimento 5.0 

Una piattaforma internazionale di persone e luoghi in totale armonia, creata per una nuova generazione di smartworkers.

Qui passato e futuro convivono, alimentandosi a vicenda. Tempo e spazio hanno un nuovo significato, favorendo la qualità della vita e del lavoro.Entra in Rinascimento 5.0 e scegli dove e come vuoi lavorare.

Lo Smart Working si sta diffondendo a macchia d’olio, sempre più aziende stanno decidendo di rendere questa modalità di lavoro definitiva, perché i dati hanno dimostrato uno stato psicofisico migliore dei lavoratori e una maggiore produttività.

Il lavoro da casa si sta diffondendo sempre di più. Oggi è diventato una realtà per migliaia di persone. Per essere produttivi non basta più un pc e una connessione internet. C’è bisogno di un ambiente giusto. EXPACE fornisce costantemente consigli e suggerimenti mostrando esempi concreti.

Lo spazio per lo Smart Working va individuato e separato dal resto della casa. Non è necessario disporre di tanto spazio, ma i giusti elementi e la configurazione corretta dell’arredo possono realmente cambiare la percezione da anonima postazione di lavoro a angolo privato dove canalizzare energie e attenzione per raggiungere i propri obiettivi professionali.

Un elemento molto importante nell’allestimento per lavorare è l’illuminazione. E’ preferibile posizionare la scrivania vicino ad una finestra per sfruttare la luce naturale. Posizionare una luce artificiale sulla scrivania e un illuminazione tecnica da usare durante le conference call.

La libreria è un elemento d’arredo che non può mancare  per uno Smart Working produttivo che oltre a organizzare libri e documenti può essere usato come sfondo per le conference call. In questo caso lo stile e il mood legano tutti gli elementi e gli arredi d’atmosfera come tappeti, poster, arazzi e silhouette che completano l’Experience e la rendono più immersiva.

EXPACE trasforma in design i tuoi desideri e trova la soluzione adatta ad ogni cliente.

Don’t miss this interesting interview with our CEO, Luigi Valerio Rinaldi V. Rinaldi, broadcast on Class CNBC

Learn more about "Enry’s Theory. Theory, Models and Methods for Doing Business in the Liquid Economy", a book written by our CEO and published by McGraw Hill 

 Discover the method behind our dizzying growth that has allowed us to become the first Incubation and Acceleration Metaverse in the world

We are waiting for you at min 30 of the following video 

https://video.milanofinanza.it/video/tra-fisico-e-digitale-il-marketing-e-sempre-piu-personalizzato-6dY9B5KlW5Br?fbclid=IwAR3wEnveeBgkvnGerCs6YE9vhL-oE2NpzAqvPQvV_iDNmx4kjVAlNRDKKCQ

Enry’s thrilled to announce that FoxRent, a startup we incubated, is in Open Beta!

Through this platform, it is possible to rent vehicles, including commercial ones, throughout Italy

Proud of the whole team!

EXPACE, la startup che trasforma il tuo ambiente di lavoro, creando esperienze personalizzate. Lo Smart Working non sarà mai più come prima.

Il Covid-19 ha esposto tutti noi alla necessità di lavorare da casa in modalità Smart Working. Ci si è dovuti adattare all’ambiente domestico e non sempre con soluzioni agevoli. Sono tanti i professionisti impegnati fra videochiamate ed e-mail che restano a casa e sempre più spesso gli unici spazi di cui disporre sono piccoli angoli anonimi privi di funzionalità e comodità. Da qui l’esigenza di distinguere gli spazi di lavoro da quelli dell’abitare con l’obiettivo di personalizzarli attraverso un particolare design che è simbolo e racconto di una passione. 

EXPACE offre all’utente non una postazione di lavoro qualunque  ma un vero e proprio universo esperienziale. Su EXPACE è possibile scegliere un Experience e viverla “in stile” con tutti i comfort di un vero ufficio

L’Experience PINK WALL trasporta l’utente nello psichedelico mondo della musica. Ogni elemento ha un legame formale e intellettuale con la rock band britannica più progressiva degli anni ‘70. La scrivania in acciaio, legno e pelle è l’omaggio compositivo del team di progettisti EXPACE alla tastiera, al sintetizzatore analogico di Rich; allo stesso modo la libreria e la sedia sono progettate per ricostruire il celebre “The Wall”. Ci si ritrova in una sorta di palcoscenico, all’interno del quale si riconoscono simboli, elementi che ricostruiscono un’atmosfera quasi surreale.

EXPACE punta a cucire su misura del cliente lo spazio di lavoro, personalizzandolo, creando Experiences che rievocano i desideri più intimi.

@all

BLK Was invited to present as one of 3 tradetech startups at the Glocal Trade Review Asia.

Having attended the event in person in London last month,  in this instance we will be presenting at the Singapore event virtually.

http://gtrventures.vc/showcase/#

@all

BLK Was invited to present as one of 3 tradetech startups at the Glocal Trade Review Asia.

Having attended the event in person in London last month,  in this instance we will be presenting at the Singapore event virtually.

http://gtrventures.vc/showcase/#

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Hurray! WasteBox has been awarded the title of Best B2B Waste Management Platform - Italy 

The awards are organized by BUILD Magazine to give visibility and recognition to the best startups that are revolutionizing the world of waste management

Congrats to the whole team!

Good luck, Confidence! 

This startup, in the Enry’s Island portfolio, is among the finalists for the National Award Campioni di InnovAzioni 2021!  

A competition in which innovative solutions are awarded- just like Confidence, which put the world of online research at the service of investments for the crypto economy  

To support it, let’s "Like" this post on InnovAzioni Facebook page

Stanco di dover contattare telefonicamente aziende per sapere se hanno a disposizione un furgone per poter caricare tutti i tuoi utensili?

Stanco di dover chiedere sempre nuovi preventivi? 

Sei nel posto giusto! 

Nell’ultimo numero di Millionaire, la rivista di business più letta in italia, si parla di noi! 

Di seguito un estratto dell’articolo: 

"Primo Incubation & Acceleration Materverse al mondo, Enry’s Island ha guadagnato il primo posto nel ranking di Crunchbase, posizionandosi come miglior acceleratore e incubatore d’Italia. Ottimo anche il posizionamento internazionale: 6a in Europa 61a nel mondo. Un risultato frutto dell’attento lavoro di oltre 800 stakeholder internazionali e  delle 25 società in portafoglio, il cui valore si attesta a un totale di 30 milioni di euro"

17 OCTOBER 2021

Welcome to BLK Shipping, our regular update from the shipping market. In this issue, we’ll be covering:

• Wet Cargo
• Dry Cargo
• Containers
• Gas

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Wet Cargo

The increasing price of crude oil has been driving the tankers’ charter rates up, although the availability of VLCCs meant a general slowdown for this segment.

VLCC – Very Large Crude Carriers saw a decline over the past week, primarily due to the oversupply of tonnage in the market. Outlook: Stable

Suezmax – strong rally Sith over 1800% increase WoW for suezmaxes, with a very strong performance, especially in the Mediterranean. Outlook: Positive

Aframax – afra rates more gained ground, with a general strengthening across most routes. Outlook: Positive

Dirty Products – Apart from the usual busy market in the Med and Black Sea, demand remained weak in all other regions, causing rates to soften. Outlook: Stable.

Clean Products – Charter rates weakened across the board with some routes losing over 50% WoW. The MR market remained relatively oversupplied, and the lack of available cargoes did the rest to cause charter rates to slip by an average of 10% Outlook: Negative

MR – weakening demand did not support the MR rates, which, coupled with the oversupply of carrying capacity in the market, caused rates to fall across the board. Outlook: Negative

LR1 – demand for log-range tankers fell in the last few weeks and continues on a downward trend. Outlook: Negative

LR2 – LR2 tankers weakened approx. 20% WoW but, on average, remain still strong compared to this summer. Outlook: Stable

Handy – Handy earnings weakened too, returning below $3500/day and losing all the ground gained in September Outlook: Stable

Dirty Panamax – Rates softened on most routes, bringing Panamax rates down 22% compared to last month. Outlook: Negative

Dry Cargo

Strong performance for the bunkers on most routes and across all segments, with rates at their highest levels in over 10 years.

Capesize – Capes grew up to 30% in the last week, averaging nearly $73k/day and rates climbing sharply to unchartered heights. Outlook: Positive

Panamax  – Still another good week for the panamaxes, although slightly in decline on the Atlantic and on the routes Indonesia to China. Outlook: Positive

Supramax – Supramaxes lost ground in recent days, after climbing steadily over the course of 2021. The second half of September  saw relatively steady rates, settling on an average of $30k/day Outlook: Stable

Handysize – Handy market still performing very well. After a strong July-August rally, a slow-down in September now it settled on $36k+/day with short voyages routes fetching over $40k/day. Outlook: Stable

Container

Container rates finally found some market resistance, with Neo-panamaxes vessels finding difficult to push much above the $145k/day mark.

Backlogs in major ports are gravely disrupting supply chains, with queues of over 70 container vessels at Long Beach and other major ports in the US, Europe and China.

We are now seeing, as predicted, a decrease in smaller-batches shipments westbound from Asia to Europe, accompanied by a subsequent easing of the TEU rates which now came down on the high $8000s mark.

Outlook: Stable

Gas

Rates for Gas Carriers remained picked up strongly, driven by the strong demand for gas worldwide and the surge in gas prices across Europe and North America.

Pressurized and semi-pressurized vessel rates remained constant, whilst the biggest winners appeared to be LNG carriers, with rates now nearing the $85k/day for 160000 m3 vessels.

Outlook: Positive

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 Congratulations to the entire BLK team for being nominated for the SMEFinanceAwards 2021!  

Another great achievement for this Commodities Marketplace, in our portfolio, which allows SMEs to reduce their costs, by sourcing directly from producers, and become more competitive on international markets

In this article we will look at the crude oil price forecast and its impact on fuel prices. In 2022, EIA expect an average of about $66/b for crude, but traders, believe that oil may break through $100/b, nearing the $120/b by the end of 2022, which paints a grim pictures for fuel-reliant businesses.

Price Composition of Distillate Fuels

The price that final users pay for petrol, diesel, jet fuel and, in general, distillate fuels is governed by the local wholesale fuel price. This are affected by:

• the global price of crude oil
• supply and demand for crude
• world refinery production and capacity
• currency exchange rate, as refined fuel is sold in USD
• distribution costs
• arbitrary gross margin retailers decide to introduce
• fuel duty charged by the local government (57.95p/l in the UK)
• VAT/GST/value added tax (20% in the UK)

While some of these stay largely static – such as the fuel duty rate and VAT – others such as the oil price and dollar to local currency exchange rate can be very volatile.

The chart above looks at the pump price of petrol and diesel (top), together with the underlying wholesale prices (bottom) for the United Kingdom.

The ‘Rocket & Feather’ Effect

This is the dynamic according to which fuel prices always appear to rise faster than they come down, i.e. they go up like a rocket but fall like a feather.

Whenever the price of crude (and, in turn, that of wholesale fuels) goes up, retailers see their margins eroded very quickly and therefore have to take immediate action to bring the pump prices up in order to preserve their bottom line.

When crude oil price comes down, however, retailers’ margin suddenly widens and stays higher for as long as they maintain the current pricing level. 

This explains the general reluctance to fall back in line, in order to hold on to their earning as much as possible, before being driven down by the competition and the inevitable law of supply and demand.

How low can fuel prices go?

There is a limit to how low prices can go and this is the fuel tax, depending on each specific country.

Realistically, there is another 10% above the tax that accounts for distribution, from the oilfield to the pump (that is provided that retailers and oil majors give fuel away for free). In the UK, fuel duty is set at 57.95p/l, plus VAT on the total price make up for the vast majority of the price people pay. 

When the price of oil is falling it can also create a perception that pump prices are not reducing as much as they should because the lower the pump prices falls, the greater the percentage of tax.

Look Ahead

Brent prices have risen over the past year as result of steady draws on global oil inventories, which averaged 1.8 million barrels per day (b/d) during the first half of 2021.

From August to October, crude oil price raised 45% and we expect prices to continue to climb during the fourth quarter of 2021.

Brent Crude prices 2021

In 2022, we expect that growth in production from OPEC+, US and other non-OPEC countries will slowly outpace the growth in global oil consumption and contribute to Brent prices declining to an annual average of about $66/b.

In the short term, however, fuel-reliant businesses such as haulers, airlines and costal shipping companies, are exposed to a significant risk, with the price of assets’ OPEX eating into their margin.

Despite the cautious optimism of the EIA, traders believe that the price of crude may break through $100/b, nearing the $120/b by the end of 2022.

In this scenario, however, we need to keep into account that the price of futures is also influenced by a certain “risk factor” (in other words, traders factor in the risk they are going to assume by agreeing to purchase at a specific price at a later date) as well as a certain “margin” they are expecting to make. While the two items may balance each-other out, the upper interval still paints a grim picture for consumers and energy-reliant businesses, which will be called to face uncertain times as we venture into an uncharted territory following the COVID pandemic.

Mitigating the Risk Ahead

Remember to look at the spot market whenever in need for fuels.

Blkcommodites.com is the online spot market, where you can find pre-vetted suppliers from around the world to purchase at be best possible prices, below the institutional markets.

The reason being BLK leverages its expertise in supply chain management and aggregate volume from multiple buyers all over the UK, Italy and the rest of Europe to negotiate ad hoc deals with suppliers, coming 4-5% below the Platts’ price for distillate fuels.

Take immediately advantage of our negotiated $20/ton discount on the Platts NWE FOB and get in touch today for any specific requirements (e.g. jet fuel, LPG, etc.).

Check-out our negotiated rates for diesel or get in touch and secure your business from fuel prices’ fluctuations leveraging the purchasing power of hundreds of players like you, already purchasing on Blkcommodities.com.

Enry’s Island, Piattaforma Distribuita Internazionale di Incubazione & Accelerazione di Business, con oltre 20 anni di successi, nonché primo Incubatore e Acceleratore italiano secondo Crunchbase, amplia il suo arcipelago con un verticale dedicato al settore Health: Lifescience.

Oltre 1 Miliardo di persone al mondo soffrono di una o più malattie con alta incidenza epidemiologica e con un alto indice di ricaduta, quali Dermatite atopica, Psoriasi, Acne, Parodontite e Herpes. Non solo, un recente rapporto delle Nazioni Unite ha stimato che il tasso di denutrizione mondiale sia salito in maniera preoccupante e rappresenta oggi circa un decimo della popolazione totale. Osservando lo stato di salute globale è possibile notare come malattie infettive quali febbre gialla, ebola, tubercolosi, malaria, HIV, colera colpiscono ancora Africa, Asia e Sud America; mentre nei Paesi più sviluppati l’inquinamento dell’aria e fumo sono le cause principali della Broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva, al terzo posto come causa di mortalità nel mondo. La ricerca nel campo dell’immunologia offre importanti ed innovative soluzioni per il trattamento e guarigione di queste malattie di massa.

“Forse mai come nell’ultimo anno e mezzo abbiamo riscoperto il reale valore della parola Salute. Se da un lato la nostra lotta contro malattie e malnutrizione sembra impari, dall’altro occorre ricordare che la ricerca scientifica e la creatività umana corrono più veloci” afferma Luigi V. Rinaldi, CEO di Enry’s Island. “Ed è proprio da questo che nasce Enry’s Island Lifescience, nasce con l’obiettivo di rendere la ricerca scientifica e la creatività vicina alla comunità, contribuendo a migliorare il benessere. La sfida è identificare il concept e aggiungere valore con il nostro innovativo modello gestionale, e così sviluppare con successo le opportunità di business”.

Scienza e ricerca per trasformare, per costruire un mondo migliore. Questo il concetto cardine di Enry’s Island Lifescience che eredita e rende proprie le best practice consolidate dall’Incubatore e Acceleratore di business, che conta di oltre 20 anni di innovazione e di un track record di oltre 100 società incubate ed accelerate. Per questo, anche il nuovo verticale sul settore Health segue l’Enry’s Model™, modello di gestione di business oggetto di pubblicazione McGrow Hill, integrando tutte le funzioni aziendali (prodotto, mercato, fundraising, corporate).

“Bisogna pensare oltre lo spazio e il tempo vicino a noi, pensare di lasciare un mondo migliore che poggi su innovazioni sociali, ambientali ed etiche in grado di aggiungere valore alla comunità” commenta Luigi V. Rinaldi “Risalendo alla definizione di Salute proposta dall’OMS è chiaro come questa sia un concetto olistico, uno stato di benessere completo, che abbraccia e ingloba aspetti fisici, mentali, emozionali e spirituali. Bisogna quindi conoscere e padroneggiare il tangibile quanto l’intangibile, perché la vita è fatta di entrambi”

In linea con la vision di Enry’s Island Lifescience, vi è la company in portafoglio Clizia&Co, la quale si propone sul Mercato Farmaceutico Internazionale come pioniera in ricerca e sviluppo di prodotti atti a migliorare la salute con un attuale valore finanziario pari a €189 milioni. Nello specifico, Clizia&Co si avvale della collaborazione scientifica con Ricercatori, Farmacologi e Biologi per mettere a punto prodotti utilizzano elementi e principi di origine naturale in grado di riequilibrare le alterazioni del metabolismo cellulare. Tali prodotti, frutto di anni ricerca e supportati dalle più recenti tecnologie, si pongono come alternativa alle terapie convenzionali poco efficienti nel trattamento di malattie di “massa” con alta incidenza epidemiologica e alta recidiva. I principi attivi che caratterizzano i preparati di Clizia&Co agiscono sui meccanismi del sistema immunitario per avviare l’autoguarigione delle malattie bersaglio, con la stessa azione immunomodulante ad oggi usata solo in ambito ospedaliero per il trattamento di patologie gravi come leucemia, cancro.

Delighted to have been nominated for the #SMEFinanceAwards 2021!

At BLK we are committed to bringing down barriers and allow businesses to buy directly from producers, wherever they are in the world.

#SMEs make up the backbone of our #economy and enabling them to cut their variable costs by #sourcing directly from producers, without middle men, means higher margins and more #competitively on international markets.

We are passionate about opening and #digitalising #markets and the SME Finance Awards nomination is a great testimony that we’re on the right track - thanks to you all!

#finance #supplychain #marketplaces #ecommerce #eprocurement #techstartups

2 OCTOBER 2021

Welcome to BLK Shipping, our regular update from the shipping market. In this issue, we’ll be covering:

• Wet Cargo
• Dry Cargo
• Containers
• Gas

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Wet Cargo

Oversupply of carrying capacity in the market counterbalanced significantly the rising price of oil and the tanker rates kept dropping across the board, with the only exception of VLCCs

Crude Tanker Spot Charter Rates

VLCC – Very Large Crude Carriers were the only vessels with a strong performance, given their direct link to the crude trading. China routes were the busiest with a 3.5 times increase WoW. Outlook: Positive

Suezmax – rates weakened on all routes with the only exception of the Indian Ocean, where Suezmaxes did 9% better than the previous week. Outlook: Stable

Aframax – the Med remained the only area where Aframaxes keep performing, with a general, continued declined that went on throughout September. Outlook: Stable

Crude Tankers Spot Charter Rates

Dirty Products – Relatively busy in the Mediterranean, whilst demand remaining weak in all other regions, with a marked oversupply of carrying capacity. Outlook: Negative.

Clean Products – Charter rates weakened across the board, especially for short voyages. Outlook: Stable 

Product Tanker Spot Cargo Rates

MR – uptake in demand did not have the expected positive effects on MR rates, owing to the oversupply of carrying capacity in the market. Outlook: Negative

LR1 – demand for log-range tankers fell in the last few weeks. Outlook: Negative

LR2 – continued decline in LR rates would appear to continue on this trend as plenty of vessels remain unemployed. Outlook: Negative

Handy – Handy earnings bounced back below $4000/day with a weakened performance on all routes except the Med. Outlook: Stable

Dirty Panamax – Rates continued softening pretty much all routes, with a recorded drops up to 30% WoW. Outlook: Stable

Product Tanker Spot Rates

Dry Cargo

Bulk carrier rates rallied during the past week with a market “on fire”and at its highest since 2008. WoW growth recorded up to 44%, pushing capesize rates beyond $60k/day on some routes.

Bulk Carrier Spot Cargo Earnings per day

Capesize – Capes were the strongest performers in a very active market, characterised by a strong demand and an undersupply of carrying capacity Outlook: Positive

Panamax  – Still another good week for the panamaxes, with an average growth of 5% across the board and a decisively positive outlook. Outlook: Positive

Supramax – Supramaxes remained relatively stable, with recorded variations up to 3% and average rates just north of $31,500/day Outlook: Stable

Handysize – small-sized bulkers did relatively well in the past couple of weeks, with a continual growth now averaging $34k+/day and voyage charters smashing through $40k/day on South-American routes. Outlook: Positive

Bulk Carrier Spot Charter Rates

Container

Container rates finally look like they’re stabilising, with Neo-panamax vessels settling just above the$145k/day mark and container prices on the routes China-Europe recording an inflexion for the first time in months.

Container Vessel Average Earnings per TEU per day

On the raw materials side, however, and especially in chemical commodities, the high freight rates keep impacting prices of goods to the extent that it is equivalent or cheaper to source from European suppliers.

This has led to a decrease in smaller-batch shipments westbound from Asia to Europe which, together with the ongoing raw material shortage and increase in prices of Chinese factory outputs, provoked a subsequent easing of the TEU rates. We should continue seeing this trend toward the end of the year and possibly into 2022.

Outlook: Stable

Container Vessel Charter Rates

Gas

Rates for Gas Carriers remained declined slightly, with a 18% hit suffered by for 145,000 m3 LNG Carriers.

Gas Tankers Cargo Rates

This was expected as plenty of tonnage was tied-up in dock for ballast water treatment systems installation and is now slowly coming back into the market, increasing overall supply. Outlook: Stable

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Congratulazioni al team di WasteBox, nominata dal magazine internazionale BUILD Magazine e tra i finalisti dei prestigiosi Recycling & Waste Management Awards

Siamo fieri che questa startup innovativa, in portfolio Enry’s Island, sia stata eletta tra i principali pionieri dell’industria recycling & waste management nel 2021.

Keep rock!

Congratulazioni a EXPACE.design per essersi aggiudicata il contest di StartupItalia come migliore startup del mese! 

Ancora un successo per questa startup, in portfolio Enry’s Island, che sta rivoluzionando l’home office attraverso un design esperienziale 

Orgogliosi di investire ed supportare questa Island, dove Made in Italy e innovazione si incontrano.

Ready to rock!

14 SEPTEMBER 2021

Welcome to BLK Shipping, our regular update from the shipping market. In this issue, we’ll be covering:

• Wet Cargo
• Dry Cargo
• Containers
• Gas

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Wet Cargo

The increasing price of crude oil has been driving the tankers’ charter rates up throughout July, although this has now slowed down and we are seeing a further downward trend in rates.

VLCC – Very Large Crude Carriers remained pretty much stable. Although we’re still unbelievably far from 2019 levels, we can now see positive signs of pick-up. Outlook: Stable

Suezmax – rates remained still, apart for a few routes where we saw a near 100% growth. As the oil price stabilises, we expect that the vessel charter rates will go with it. Outlook: Stable

Aframax – afra rates more lost ground, with a general weakening across most routes. Outlook: Stable

Dirty Products – Relatively busy in the Mediterranean, whilst supply and demand remaining weak in all other regions. Outlook: Stable.

Clean Products – Charter rates weakened across the board with some routes losing over 70% WoW.. Outlook: Stable 

MR – uptake in demand did not have the expected positive effects on MR rates, owing to the oversupply of carrying capacity in the market. Outlook: Stable

LR1 – demand for log-range tankers fell in the last few weeks. Outlook: Stable

LR2 – Good rally for LR2 tankers, up to 20% surge in a week. Outlook: Positive

Handy – Handy earnings bounced back up above $7000/day and it looks like the beginning of a positive performance. Outlook: Stable

Dirty Panamax – Rates continued softening very slightly on all routes, with a general 1% – 5% drop since last week. Outlook: Stable

Dry Cargo

Slow-down on most routes and across all segments, although bulkers remain pretty strong compared to 2019 and 2020 performance. 

Capesize – Capes declined between 5 to 20%, having broken through the $40k/day for the first time in years and now travelling on $41k+/day for scrubber-fitted vessels. Outlook: Stable

Panamax  – Still another good week for the panamaxes, although slightly in decline compared to the last week of August. Outlook: Stable

Supramax – Supramaxes lost ground in recent days, after climbing steadily over the course of 2021. The second half of August and early September  saw a reduction of 4-7% to settle on an average of $35k/day Outlook: Stable

Handysize – the biggest fluctuations happened within the Handy market. Still high after a strong July-August rally, now it fell slightly to $32k+/day mark. Outlook: Stable

Container

Container rates seem unstoppable, with 4400 TEU vessels now nearing the $100k/day mark themselves. Neo-panamax vessels are now close to the $145k/day mark, with a significant impact on the economy of most western countries coming out of the pandemic.

On the raw materials side, however, and especially in chemical commodities, the high freight rates (now looking upwards of $20,000 per TEU on the route China – Europe) now impact prices of goods to the extent that it is equivalent or cheaper to source from European suppliers.

We expect to see a continual decrease in smaller-batches shipments westbound from Asia to Europe, hopefully accompanied by a subsequent easing of the TEU rates towards the end of the year.

Outlook: Positive

Gas

Rates for Gas Carriers remained declined slightly, with the biggest hit suffered by for large carriers 145,000 m3 and above. Pressurized and semi-pressurized vessel rates remained constant.

This was expected as plenty of tonnage was tied-up in dock for ballast water treatment systems installation and is now slowly coming back into the market, increasing overall supply. Outlook: Stable

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Cresce il numero delle isole dell’arcipelago di Enry’s Island nel settore del B2B e con un investimento pre-seed pari €100K entra BOS5, la startup che che permette di acquistare e vendere nel mondo, senza girarci attorno.

BOS5 è un marketplace che permette, grazie a widget e cruscotti altamente ingegnerizzati e di facile utilizzo, di incrociare domanda e offerta e monitorare “chi vuole cosa oggi nel mondo”.

“L’idea BOS5 nasce dall’esigenza di avere un’unica piattaforma che permettesse di snellire e rendere efficienti le vendite all’estero.” spiega il founder, Salvatore Fiorenza. “La mancanza di Intelligence (analisi mercati per esportare prodotti) e di Contatti (domanda di prodotti), di Garanzie e di Marketing sono i principali problemi che riscontrano le Aziende per generare Ordini”. 

Infatti, sebbene nel primo semestre del 2021 l’export mostra una crescita su base annua molto sostenuta e diffusa a livello territoriale – con un forte aumento per le Isole (+27,6%), il Centro (+25,8%) e il Nord-est (+24,6%) – solo poco più della metà delle PMI esporta fuori dai confini nazionali. Fra le principali barriere, spicca la non comprensione dei vari regolamenti locali e la mancanza di personale e risorse e la scarsa conoscenza dei processi di internazionalizzazione. 

BOS5 nasce proprio da queste necessità con lo scopo di facilitare i molteplici passaggi che l’export-import richiede. In un unica piattaforma sono presenti tutti i servizi integrati necessari all’intero ciclo export/import, rendendo semplice per una PMI affacciarsi ai mercati internazionali. Grazie ad un sofisticato sistema di “Business intelligence” per l’incrocio di domanda e offerta, questa startup rileva e monitora “Chi vuole cosa oggi dal mondo”, facilitando il matching per chi vende e per chi compra, negoziando e generando velocemente business. 

“Siamo i primi investitori in BOS5 e abbiamo prontamente allocato un team di professionisti ad implementare la complessa l’infrastruttura tecnologica della startup, che gode anche del supporto derivante il nostro modello proprietario e tool strutturati” commenta il nuovo ingresso il CEO di Enry’s Island, Luigi V. Rinaldi. “L’internazionalizzazione è un importante motore alla crescita del tessuto imprenditoriale italiano: le PMI esportatrici presentano risultati migliori in termini di crescita del fatturato, redditività, profittabilità e solvibilità. Ma occorre saper gestire l’intero flusso e siamo certi che BOS5 sia il miglior partner per tutte quelle eccellenze del Made in Italy che vogliono operare con successo nel mercato internazionale in modo efficace e snello”.

From Glasgow to Enry’s Island Boardroom  

We are working together with BLK, an international startup in our portfolio, on its fundraising process that has already grabbed the attention of investors from all over the world, from Hong Kong to Silicon Valley    

And doing it with the fantastic vaporwave t-shirts made by BLK is even more exciting    

Ready to rock!