Shipping

“Winter is Coming” is a warning in House Stark and usually a blessing for tankers. But there’s nothing usual about 2020.

Hapag-Lloyd sees strength until “at least Chinese New Year” and a challenge to “get containers where they need to be.”

There are not enough containers in China to handle all the U.S.-bound cargo — and box factories are now sold out into Q2.

Here are some examples of eco-friendly packing fillers.

The one-two punch of the Pfizer vaccine and Joe Biden’s victory will affect container and tanker shipping in multiple ways.

The trans-Pacific capacity crunch continues. Container volume that’s either inbound to Los Angeles or stuck at anchorage is surging.

Euronav exec curses crude-tanker market (literally). Scorpio exec pitches product-tanker promise and throws shade at crude side.

A look back at the days after the 2016 presidential election and the strange case of “The Donald Trump Shipping Stock Boom.”

U.S.-listed carrier reveals the latest on trans-Pacific holiday rush, restocking, e-commerce spike and port congestion.

Positive COVID recovery signal: LNG shipping is behaving normally again, with a typical seasonal spike.

Kirby tops earnings expectations on lower costs despite COVID and hurricane hits to demand.

The trans-Pacific market is bursting at the seams as shippers rush in holiday cargoes.

What happens next at the IMO will affect oceangoing ship capacity — and freight rates — for decades to come.

More recovery signals: container lease pricing up over 50% versus second quarter, new container prices up 40% year-to-date.

High cost of repositioning reefer equipment is hitting food exporters hard amid ongoing tariff fallout.

New Kpler data reveals slow pace of floating-storage unwind and steady fall in crude-tanker utilization.

On a collision course: holiday timing, surging consumer demand, thin inventories, and capacity constraints for container liners and ports.

Sequel to “The Shipping Man” asks whether ESG will kill the old-school style of traditional shipowners.

Cargo mix and larger locks kept Panama Canal volumes rising despite headwinds.

A “blue sweep” win for Democrats could be good for container ships, bad for tankers.