Average CEO compensation rose as ocean shipping company earnings increased, fueled in many cases by share-based compensation.
Panama’s drought poses a serious challenge to the country’s canal operations, but fallout to global trade remains limited.
Unprecedented supply-demand imbalances amid the pandemic led to historic dividend payouts by container shipping lines.
The global coal trade is thriving, with dry bulk ships busy carrying the loads. As the West consumes less coal, Asia buys even more.
Spot ocean shipping rates from Europe to the U.S. held up much longer than trans-Pacific rates. Now they’ve sunk to historic lows.
Zim lost $213 million in the second quarter. Will rising trans-Pacific spot rates help it reverse course in the third?
Price caps have been breached, discounts on Russian exports are dwindling, and more money is flowing to Russian coffers.
Containerized imports are rising seasonally, as expected. This year is on track to top pre-pandemic volumes by low single digits.
Investors in Danaos thought they were buying a container shipping stock. Now they’re invested in dry bulk, too.
After double-digit gains since June, trans-Pacific spot rates have just surpassed contract rates, according to Xeneta data.
Despite upgrading its full-year outlook, container shipping giant Maersk no longer sees a second-half demand rebound.
Asian demand for propane continues to build, as does US supply, equating to booming business for LPG tanker owners in the middle.
“The discussion of reducing the de minimis back to the $200 threshold could impact e-commerce retailers with high-value products by increasing costs,” said BoxC Logistics co-founder Chad Schofield.
Shipping lines are seeing higher cargo volumes and successfully integrating newly built vessels into their fleets, says Textainer’s CEO.
“It is extremely difficult to announce a reasonable business forecast at this time,” said ONE, citing container shipping market uncertainties.
Because container liner profits plummeted off an extraordinarily high peak, some carriers are still posting hefty profits despite huge declines.
Despite ongoing controversy over shareholder treatment, analyst Michael Webber says shipping is doing a better job.
After rapidly expanding its fleet during the boom, ocean carrier Zim is backpedaling and shedding ships.
Container lines did not manage post-boom vessel capacity as well as expected. In the trans-Pacific, they may be belatedly getting the hang of it.
Expectations for peak season have waned, but container lines may have bounced off the bottom.
