FreightWaves • May 25, 2022 Risky business: How shipping boom, war and COVID impact safety at sea Safety stats show resilience despite aging ships, cut corners on maintenance and rising pressure on seafarers.
FreightWaves • May 20, 2022 Gimme shelter: Shipping stocks still rising amid Wall Street storm It has been a terrible year for the stock market, a great one (so far) for product tanker and dry bulk shipping stocks.
FreightWaves • May 18, 2022 Blockbuster container shipping results collide with sinking sentiment Zim continues to outpace growth rates of rival container shipping lines, but investor demand fears are on the rise.
FreightWaves • May 16, 2022 Container shipping rates: Still sky-high but falling back to Earth Container shipping spot rates are easing, at least temporarily, and far fewer ships are stuck waiting off U.S. ports.
FreightWaves • May 12, 2022 Has the peak of container shipping’s epic boom already passed? Ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd sees consumer demand and spot rates slipping, with market highs in the rearview mirror.
FreightWaves • May 11, 2022 Russia’s economic isolation deepens as shipping lines make final port calls First came a pause in cargo bookings to Russia. Now, ocean carriers have halted almost all of their Russian port calls.
FreightWaves • May 9, 2022 Shipping stocks take another beating, sinking by double digits Shares of ocean shipping companies have given back much of their 2022 gains after another big sell-off.
FreightWaves • May 4, 2022 China lockdowns are not causing shipping chaos, say liner CEOs ‘Right now, we don’t see a huge buildup of volumes because of the closedown in Shanghai,’ reports Maersk CEO Soren Skou.
FreightWaves • May 3, 2022 Demand for container equipment is falling. Transitory or turning point? New container prices, new production, lease rates, lease durations and used container prices are all down.
FreightWaves • May 2, 2022 How war, shipping boom, China lockdowns impact Panama Canal Container-ship transits of the Panama Canal are up as liners favor the East Coast. LNG transits are down as U.S. gas heads to Europe.
FreightWaves • April 26, 2022 Despite rising risks, shipping lines on track for another record year New reports from Maersk, Kuehne+Nagel and Drewry point to an ongoing boom for container shipping lines.
FreightWaves • April 25, 2022 Shipping stocks in crosshairs as fears mount on China, war, inflation Retail stock pickers seem increasingly nervous about shipping. Shares of dry bulk, tanker, container and mixed-fleet owners all fell.
FreightWaves • April 21, 2022 Shanghai lockdown is not causing global supply chain chaos (yet) The Shanghai lockdown isn’t following the same supply chain script as the big Chinese disruptions of 2020 and 2021.
FreightWaves • April 20, 2022 How COVID transformed trans-Pacific container shipping The trans-Pacific container trade is vastly different than pre-pandemic, with more ships, more competition, and a new leader: Maersk.
FreightWaves • April 19, 2022 Noose tightens on Russian economy as import options dwindle Russian imports via ocean, truck, rail and air are now being simultaneously squeezed. Shipping data shows growing pressure.
FreightWaves • April 14, 2022 Commodity shipping stocks are trouncing Dow transport average Tanker, bulker and LNG shipping stocks rise as domestic freight and container stocks face pressure.
FreightWaves • April 13, 2022 If globalization is really over, what happens to supply chains? The future of global supply chains is in flux. The pandemic was a game changer. Then came the war.
FreightWaves • April 12, 2022 As transport stocks sink, Los Angeles port volumes soar America’s largest container port, Los Angeles, just posted the best March and best first quarter in its history.
FreightWaves • April 8, 2022 Container shipping at the crossroads: The big unwind or party on? The debate heats up on whether this is the beginning of the end of container shipping’s bull run.
FreightWaves • March 30, 2022 Retail boss warns on supply chain, likens demand risk to ‘Big Short’ Retailer confirms sharp drop in demand since Russia-Ukraine war and sees no supply chain relief.
