FreightWaves • 19th October 2020 Container slots sell out, risking holiday ‘shipageddon’ On a collision course: holiday timing, surging consumer demand, thin inventories, and capacity constraints for container liners and ports.
FreightWaves • 16th October 2020 ‘Exit Strategy’: Clock is ticking for swashbuckling shipowners Sequel to “The Shipping Man” asks whether ESG will kill the old-school style of traditional shipowners.
FreightWaves • 15th October 2020 How Panama Canal navigated COVID, drought and trade war Cargo mix and larger locks kept Panama Canal volumes rising despite headwinds.
FreightWaves • 14th October 2020 Trump vs. Biden: How the winner could affect ocean shipping A “blue sweep” win for Democrats could be good for container ships, bad for tankers.
FreightWaves • 9th October 2020 Get ready for blowout Q3 results in container shipping Listed carriers are poised to post stellar third-quarter numbers on higher rates and volumes.
FreightWaves • 8th October 2020 Can green shipping scheme lick ‘herding cats’ dilemma? Banks, charterers, shipowners and governments want to clean up ocean transport. Not necessarily in the same way.
FreightWaves • 6th October 2020 New ship orders sink as fear of future economic crisis grows Shipping CEOs see an increasing risk of a global economic crisis in the decade ahead.
FreightWaves • 5th October 2020 Dry bulk shipping rates have just hit a new 2020 high Another key bellwether — the cost of dry bulk freight — is pointing to an economic recovery.
FreightWaves • 1st October 2020 NYSHEX, carriers push for more binding ocean shipping contracts As NYSHEX expands and Maersk Spot nears U.S. approval, ocean transport contracts could become more binding.
FreightWaves • 1st October 2020 US import bonanza could extend into 2021 on 'record' restocking ‘Get ready for the biggest restocking cycle on record,’ says Jefferies.
FreightWaves • 25th September 2020 How IMO 2020 turned into the Y2K of ocean shipping Marine fuel prices are down 30% year-on-year despite the IMO 2020 regulation.
FreightWaves • 23rd September 2020 Chinese container factories are now sold out until February Bullish signal: Strong demand for box equipment extends into 2021.
FreightWaves • 23rd September 2020 Container rates are on fire. How can you invest in that? Analysts point to upside prospects for container industry equities.
FreightWaves • 21st September 2020 COVID fears pummel already battered shipping stocks Ocean shipping stocks remain mired in a sea of red. A bad year is getting worse.
FreightWaves • 17th September 2020 Red-hot ocean rates could spark government intervention China could decide enough is enough if trans-Pacific rates rise too high.
FreightWaves • 14th September 2020 Tanker market is awash (again) in floating storage chatter Amid talk of more floating storage, Kpler data reveals most of round-one storage volume is still on the water.
FreightWaves • 11th September 2020 Legal noose tightens around container-ship drug gang As prosecutors rack up guilty pleas in 2019 case, more coke crosses via ship from South America to Europe in 2020.
FreightWaves • 9th September 2020 Container rate records are shattered as US imports surge U.S. importers now paying three times more per mile than Europeans for transport of Chinese goods.
FreightWaves • 8th September 2020 Shipping suffers wave of spills, fires, collisions and lives lost After decades of safety improvements, a deadly stretch of casualties for ocean shipping.
FreightWaves • 3rd September 2020 Supertanker spot rates are crashing down to ‘opex’ levels Crude-tanker rates on the benchmark Middle East-Asia run are now deep in the red.
