The CEO of shipping line Hapag-Lloyd argues that current freight rates are unsustainable and will correct upward over time.
Is the sharp decline in shipping stocks a canary in the coal mine or an opportunity for investors to buy the dip?
America’s imports are not signaling a recession, at least not yet. Inbound volumes are rising from the bottom.
The war has stoked fears of global shortfalls of wheat, corn and fertilizers, but the flexibility of shipping trades has limited the risk.
Inventory destocking is the biggest container shipping headwind, says Maersk. Its data shows no evidence of inventory pressures alleviating yet.
The price of crude oil is now lower than it was when OPEC announced its latest cuts, fueling more concern on tanker demand.
Bed Bath & Beyond got pummeled by the supply chain crisis. The company is now targeting shipping lines for allegedly compounding its woes.
The Europe-U.S. trade held up a lot longer than the Asia-U.S. trade, but trans-Atlantic premiums are now fading away.
Tanker investors have been disappointed before. Is the current stock pullback a bump in the road or something more?
As new container ships flood the market amid weak demand, Drewry expects low freight rates to persist through 2024.
There is growing sentiment that higher trans-Pacific spot rates will not hold and prospects for shipping lines remain weak.
Mainstream tankers have moved into the Russian crude export trade. The price cap might push them back out again.
“We are starting to see ocean carriers systematically take geopolitical risk into consideration,” says Xeneta’s Erik Devetak.
Jefferies’ Omar Nokta believes container shipping investors are starting to look toward “the end of the destock and beginning of the restock.”
“Simply put, there’s no bigger priority right now than this contract agreement,” says Gene Seroka of the Port of Los Angeles.
Although import volumes show signs of a nascent recovery, the inventory overhang remains daunting.
First-quarter numbers from container lines Cosco, OOCL and Evergreen show lingering upside from the tail end of the boom.
After labor unrest closed Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday, ports on the East and Gulf coasts look even more attractive.
Worsening China-U.S. relations underscore how pivotal geopolitics has become to global shipping and trade.
Despite a collapse in freight rates, container shipping is not behaving like an industry facing an imminent crisis.
