A look back at 2020’s shipping roller coaster: how container sector emerged as ‘surprise rock star’ and tankers peaked early, then plunged.
Chances slim for 2021 shipping equity offerings, but a container-liner IPO prospect remains on the table.
It’s not just container shipping that’s rolling in profits. LPG tanker rates are hitting new highs on Asian demand for U.S. propane.
Container shipping stocks are back to pre-COVID levels whereas many tanker and bulker stocks are down by double-digits year-to-date.
First, Spire collects the ship-movement data from orbit. Then algorithms use that data to reveal the patterns of global shipping.
The total market capitalization of U.S.-listed ocean shipping stocks has plunged 34% in 2020, but there are reasons for hope in 2021.
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.
A look back at the days after the 2016 presidential election and the strange case of “The Donald Trump Shipping Stock Boom.”
What happens next at the IMO will affect oceangoing ship capacity — and freight rates — for decades to come.
New Kpler data reveals slow pace of floating-storage unwind and steady fall in crude-tanker utilization.
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.
Shipping CEOs see an increasing risk of a global economic crisis in the decade ahead.
Marine fuel prices are down 30% year-on-year despite the IMO 2020 regulation.
Ocean shipping stocks remain mired in a sea of red. A bad year is getting worse.
