crude tanker shipping

Cost of shipping crude oil remains cheap, but tanker rates could jump if the war doesn’t end by fall.

Invasion and price spikes could destroy demand, weaken consumer confidence and curb cargo volumes, warns BIMCO.

Container lines and tanker owners rapidly and preemptively suspend business with Russia.

Tanker and dry bulk trades could be disrupted; container shipping faces heightened risk of cyberattacks.

Shipping analysts rethink outlooks on crude and product tanker rates: already grim market appears even grimmer.

An attack on Ukraine could hike costs for shipowners and cargo shippers across the globe.

For bulk commodity shipping, a rough start to the year. For container shipping, the profit bonanza continues.

After an exceptional year for ocean shipping, the data points to more action ahead in 2022.

Here’s how omicron variant could impact tanker, container and dry bulk shipping rates.

Price of low-sulfur fuel is rising faster than high-sulfur fuel. Ships with scrubbers stand to gain.

Crude and product tankers may be totally different markets, but 2021 proved how connected they are.

Crude-tanker owners continue to pile up huge losses, but hopes are high for next year.

Cost of fuel consumed by container ships, bulkers and tankers is effectively at a seven-year high.

Containerized exports continue to struggle but overall, U.S. exports are rising. Sales are at record levels for some commodities.

As some Chinese factories go dark, more delays for container imports but bullish sign for coal, LNG and oil shipping.

Dry bulk and LNG shipping stocks now at 52-week peaks with container stocks not far from the top.

From refinery to consumer

More problems loom for importers of Asian containerized goods and tanker slump could last even longer.

Tanker execs explain lack of distress sales and scrapping this time around, and why new orders will be more curtailed.

Glimmers of hope for the beaten-down tanker sector: more OPEC+ crude production and more long-haul exports from the U.S. to India.