Ocean shipping

Asia-U.S. ocean freight rates are hitting record highs as import demand outpaces vessel supply.

When times get tough, crude-tanker owner DHT starts buying. Times are getting tough.

M&A is being blocked by weak share pricing among buyers and lack of desperation among sellers.

Containers are used to carry imports to the U.S., but they also carry exports from the U.S. The agriculture industry depends on them, but COVID-19 has caused the system to fray…

Ports on the Atlantic are losing imports from Europe as well as Asia.

New data reveals just how far ship orders have sunk. The fewer ships ordered, the higher future rates could climb.

Darren Prokop’s commentary concerns whether price gouging is taking place on container shipping between Asian ports and the U.S.

Robintrack.net data reveals what retail traders are buying and when. The question is: Why?

Dry bulk was riding high just a few weeks ago. Now it’s taking a tumble.

An analysis of daily traded values and volumes of tanker and dry bulk stocks.

The coronavirus’ whipsaw effect on the global supply chain took a toll on Kuehne + Nagel during the first half of 2020, but without a rapid internal response the hit would have been far worse, CEO Detlef Trefzger says.

Will tanker sector see summer lull or more action ahead?

A new interview with AgTC’s Peter Friedmann on how China COVID fears affect U.S. food exports.

U.S. shippers importing cargo from Asia are getting some price relief.

Top Ships, Seanergy, Castor and Globus tap equity markets to buy vessels.

Nordic American Tankers is the best stock performer among larger listed ship owners. Scorpio Bulkers is the worst.

Tanker rates haven’t been this strong at this time of year for a half-decade.

Lori Ann LaRocco illustrates the disruption to global trade by profiling what has happened at the Port of Miami since the coronavirus pandemic began.

“Optics” are bad but freight pricing doesn’t appear to meet regulatory bar for intervention.

Challenge to shipping M&A: No one wants to sell in a downturn.