Ocean shipping

Even with a 15-20% increase in container freight costs from Asia to the U.S., prices would still be far below 2018 rates.

Floating storage, scrubbers delays and newbuilding unease should continue to squeeze crude-tanker capacity.

Market prognosticators have been saying dry bulk will recover “next year” almost every year for the past decade. Will it finally happen in 2020?

The autumn peak season will be over before you know it. Trans-Pacific container rates have yet to budge.

Top shipping execs reveal the inside story of the recent crude-tanker rate maelstrom.

Headlines have highlighted booming VLCC rates, but spot LNG shipping rates have now taken the crown.

An exclusive Q&A with Carlos Di Mottola, CFO of Milan-listed D’Amico International Shipping.

Improved shipping stock prices and heightened time pressure on private equity ship owners should spur more consolidation.

Could new tariffs derail solid rate performance in the trans-Atlantic trade?

VLCC rates have rapidly fallen from over $300,000 per day to around $125,000 per day.

Headlines may proclaim “$300,000 per day” but most crude tankers are not making anything close to that.

Crude-tanker rates have now reached levels not seen since before the global financial crisis.

Both canal stats and container transport pricing confirm continued momentum for U.S. East Coast ports.

What is the most bizarre transportation law case you’ve ever heard of? The story of the demise of the tanker Brilliante Virtuoso may top your list.

VLCC rates are now at or near $100,000 per day, courtesy of U.S. sanctions targeting China’s COSCO.

The Baltic Exchange has been unrivaled in its creation of indices for dry freight futures. That may be about to change.

Crude tanker rates continue to surge, driven by geopolitical tensions. Meanwhile, container rates remain weak.

U.S. sanctions targeting Iranian crude aboard Chinese ships ensnare Canadian-headquartered, New York-listed owner of Bahamas-flagged vessels carrying Russian cargoes via Arctic Sea.

U.S. sanctions targeting a subsidiary of China’s COSCO Shipping could have far-reaching consequences.

Ben Thrower writes about the coming IMO 2020 regulations and its impact on the shipping industry.