Ocean shipping
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Trade and Compliance
Commentary: COVID-19 severely impacts the ‘Blue Economy’
Lori Ann LaRocco illustrates the disruption to global trade by profiling what has happened at the Port of Miami since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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American Shipper
Are trans-Pacific carriers guilty of price gouging?
“Optics” are bad but freight pricing doesn’t appear to meet regulatory bar for intervention.
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American Shipper
Tanker takeover talk heats up
Challenge to shipping M&A: No one wants to sell in a downturn.
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American Shipper
Crew crisis is triggering ship detentions and diversions
Global trade fallout from the crew-repatriation crisis has begun — and looks poised to snowball.
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American Shipper
Seafarers still stranded at sea — and more test positive
Shipboard COVID cases will make it even harder to roll back travel restrictions that block crew changes.
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American Shipper
Need for speed drives ships toward Pacific ports
E-commerce and coronavirus fallout are buoying container services from Asia to the West Coast.
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American Shipper
A lost decade for shipping stocks
Long-term institutional investors still steer clear of shipping shares — with good reason.
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American Shipper
Supertanker rates collapse: ‘The dam has burst’
Tanker rates have plunged as predicted. How long until a recovery?
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American Shipper
Can dry bulk woo stock gamblers who bet on tankers?
Retail stock pickers bet big on tankers. Dry bulk remains less enticing despite rate surge.
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American Shipper
Carrier capacity cuts send trans-Pacific rates into orbit
By artificially restricting capacity, carrier alliances have engineered rates higher and may book a profit this year.
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