LPG shipping

Some VLGCs carrying propane and VLCCs carrying crude have joined LNG carriers in shipping’s six-figures-per-day club.

Shipping volumes are weakening in and out of China. Is this a temporary pullback or a sign of more serious trouble ahead?

Container-ship transits of the Panama Canal are up as liners favor the East Coast. LNG transits are down as U.S. gas heads to Europe.

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

It’s not just container shipping that’s rolling in profits. LPG tanker rates are hitting new highs on Asian demand for U.S. propane.

Panama Canal congestion is not impeding transits of container ships but it is pumping up spot rates for LNG and LPG carriers.

The total market capitalization of U.S.-listed ocean shipping stocks has plunged 34% in 2020, but there are reasons for hope in 2021.

What the war of words between the U.S. and China means to ocean shipping.

Rates for ocean transport of propane could surge if the worst of the coronavirus crisis is past.

America had been on track to become the world’s largest propane exporter until Saudi Arabia opened its crude spigot.