Omicron threatens tankers but could extend container shipping boom
Here’s how omicron variant could impact tanker, container and dry bulk shipping rates.
Here’s how omicron variant could impact tanker, container and dry bulk shipping rates.
Crude and product tankers may be totally different markets, but 2021 proved how connected they are.
Cost of fuel consumed by container ships, bulkers and tankers is effectively at a seven-year high.
Containerized exports continue to struggle but overall, U.S. exports are rising. Sales are at record levels for some commodities.
As some Chinese factories go dark, more delays for container imports but bullish sign for coal, LNG and oil shipping.
Glimmers of hope for the beaten-down tanker sector: more OPEC+ crude production and more long-haul exports from the U.S. to India.
The longer the Suez saga continues, the greater the container, tanker and dry bulk shipping impacts. There could be big losers — and winners.
Back in the Aristotle Onassis era, a Suez Canal closure was a tanker game changer. Today, tanker upside from the canal accident is limited.
Deutsche Bank’s Amit Mehrotra on how long import surge could last and upside potential for container, dry bulk and tanker stocks.
Crude and product tanker rates are bouncing along the bottom. As one analyst put it, “There’s only one way to go from here.”
A look back at 2020’s shipping roller coaster: how container sector emerged as ‘surprise rock star’ and tankers peaked early, then plunged.
Worries mount for crude tankers: dividend cuts, the pandemic, a stubborn floating-storage hangover … and now newbuild chatter.
As COVID hospitalizations surge and business restrictions mount, could U.S. importers be overshooting the mark?
“Winter is Coming” is a warning in House Stark and usually a blessing for tankers. But there’s nothing usual about 2020.
The one-two punch of the Pfizer vaccine and Joe Biden’s victory will affect container and tanker shipping in multiple ways.
Euronav exec curses crude-tanker market (literally). Scorpio exec pitches product-tanker promise and throws shade at crude side.
After decades of safety improvements, a deadly stretch of casualties for ocean shipping.
Euronav and Scorpio Tankers highlight attractive fundamentals after floating storage wraps up.
Nordic American Tankers is the best stock performer among larger listed ship owners. Scorpio Bulkers is the worst.
Most floating storage has yet to be unloaded while delays in China are mounting.