FreightWaves Ocean

New reports from Maersk, Kuehne+Nagel and Drewry point to an ongoing boom for container shipping lines.

Retail stock pickers seem increasingly nervous about shipping. Shares of dry bulk, tanker, container and mixed-fleet owners all fell.

The Shanghai lockdown isn’t following the same supply chain script as the big Chinese disruptions of 2020 and 2021.

Russian imports via ocean, truck, rail and air are now being simultaneously squeezed. Shipping data shows growing pressure.

Tanker, bulker and LNG shipping stocks rise as domestic freight and container stocks face pressure.

The future of global supply chains is in flux. The pandemic was a game changer. Then came the war.

America’s largest container port, Los Angeles, just posted the best March and best first quarter in its history.

The debate heats up on whether this is the beginning of the end of container shipping’s bull run.

The biggest deal in tanker shipping history would merge Euronav and Frontline, but consolidation is no panacea.

RH confirms sharp drop in demand since Russia-Ukraine war and sees no supply chain relief.

Charter rates hold steady at their peak as the seemingly neverending container shipping boom continues.

U.S. LNG cargoes were already flooding toward Europe months before the new deal. Real progress seems years away.

Some shipping shares are rising because of war tailwinds. Others are rising despite war headwinds.

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

Ship-position data shows a fleet of LNG carriers en route to Europe amid scramble to bolster energy supply.

Congestion could go from bad to worse as liners steer a record number of container ships toward East Coast ports.

California ports make progress on bottlenecks, but Chinese lockdowns could spur “hockey stick” import rise.

COVID lockdowns haven’t closed Chinese ports yet. If they do, U.S. importers face “shockwave” of higher rates and delays.

COVID has been great for container shipping, terrible for cruising. What does this mean to MSC, which is big in both?

Liner company Zim expects to rake in a billion dollars more this year than in record-setting 2021.