Shipping

U.S. LNG cargoes were already flooding toward Europe months before the new deal. Real progress seems years away.

Some shipping shares are rising because of war tailwinds. Others are rising despite war headwinds.

Cost of shipping crude oil remains cheap, but tanker rates could jump if the war doesn’t end by fall.

Ship-position data shows a fleet of LNG carriers en route to Europe amid scramble to bolster energy supply.

Congestion could go from bad to worse as liners steer a record number of container ships toward East Coast ports.

California ports make progress on bottlenecks, but Chinese lockdowns could spur “hockey stick” import rise.

COVID lockdowns haven’t closed Chinese ports yet. If they do, U.S. importers face “shockwave” of higher rates and delays.

Rising sea levels and increasingly extreme weather are expected to cost ports and shippers billions of dollars annually.

COVID has been great for container shipping, terrible for cruising. What does this mean to MSC, which is big in both?

As shippers move to digitize their documents and automate their processes, they should focus on making sure both efficiency and accuracy benchmarks are met. One document processing error can sideline an entire shipment, undermining profitability and customer satisfaction.

Liner company Zim expects to rake in a billion dollars more this year than in record-setting 2021.

In a constrained market environment like the one seen over the past couple of years, shippers are always looking to cut costs and gain more bargaining power. That makes granular insights more important than ever.

Invasion and price spikes could destroy demand, weaken consumer confidence and curb cargo volumes, warns BIMCO.

The cost of the fuel consumed by the world’s commercial ships has skyrocketed — and it’s still rising.

Tanker stocks favored by retail traders post big gains, while most container and dry bulk stocks hold steady.

Container lines and tanker owners rapidly and preemptively suspend business with Russia.

The container port business is booming and the big are getting bigger, particularly in China.

There are now more container ships waiting off East and Gulf Coast ports than there are off Los Angeles/Long Beach.

Tanker and dry bulk trades could be disrupted; container shipping faces heightened risk of cyberattacks.

“Partnering with Bunker Holding will accelerate the marine industry adoption of biodiesel to achieve aggressive carbon reduction goals,” said Bob Kenyon, senior vice president of sales and marketing at REG.