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 • 29th July 2020 Ship orders collapse; will rate boom follow? New data reveals just how far ship orders have sunk. The less that are ordered, the higher future rates could climb.
FreightWaves • 19th March 2020 How cruising’s coronavirus crisis alters marine-fuel equation Halt of cruise voyages will slash HFO demand, a positive for cargo ships with scrubbers.
FreightWaves • 10th March 2020 Coronavirus is decimating IMO 2020 ship-scrubber savings Ship scrubbers no longer equate to big savings on fuel costs. Is this only temporary?
FreightWaves • 5th March 2020 How OPEC’s coronavirus cuts affect ocean shipping Slashed oil production is bad for tankers, but fallout for container ships hinges on price action.
FreightWaves • 11th February 2020 Q&A: Nautilus Labs on how tech can tackle fuel use and emissions An exclusive interview with Matt Heider, CEO of voyage-optimization platform Nautilus Labs.
FreightWaves • 7th February 2020 Shipping decarbonization hinges on owners of cargo, not ships Momentum builds for decarbonization of ocean shipping but it’s far from a done deal.
FreightWaves • 6th February 2020 IMO 2020 throws monkey wrench into ocean rate visibility It has become even harder to determine what the prevailing bulk ocean freight rate really is.
FreightWaves • 17th January 2020 Book review: ‘IMO 2020: A Regulatory Tsunami’ A new book places IMO 2020 in the context of a potential “third revolution” for shipping.
FreightWaves • 10th January 2020 What happens when IMO 2020 collides with cargo slump? What’s going on in dry bulk, the world’s largest transport market by volume, is a cautionary tale for all ocean segments.
FreightWaves • 7th January 2020 IMO 2020 fallout, demand slump batter dry bulk Good news if you’re a shipper of coal, grain and iron ore: ocean transport is once again looking cheap. Bad news if you’re an owner of a dry bulk carrier: income is even weaker.
FreightWaves • 6th January 2020 Outlook 2020: Top questions for ocean shipping In a high-stakes business that’s this unpredictable, it’s vital to keep a sharp watch on the wild cards you can foresee and mentally prepare yourself to be surprised by those you can’t.
FreightWaves • 26th December 2019 Ominous IMO 2020 signs for ocean shipping spot rates Are ship owners and operators successfully passing along the higher cost to beneficial cargo owners (BCOs)? The very early answer appears to be: mostly no.
FreightWaves • 18th December 2019 Shipping unveils blueprint for collecting future carbon tax If there’s going to be a global carbon tax on ocean shipping someday, the industry itself wants to devise the “architecture” of how this levy is charged and collected.
FreightWaves • 4th December 2019 Could Europe unilaterally regulate shipping carbon emissions? What would happen to global trade if the EU implemented some form of carbon pricing and the IMO did not follow suit, or did so years later, leading to a ‘Balkanization’ of carbon-emission regimes?
FreightWaves • 27th November 2019 Shipping’s spot-rate model could collide with green agenda Shipping's deep-seated focus on spot rates could complicate plans to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint in the years ahead.
FreightWaves • 15th November 2019 ESG ‘green’ push has ship owners seeing green(backs) New ship orders are grinding to a halt due to uncertainty over which designs can meet future GHG rules.
FreightWaves • 14th November 2019 How fossil-fuel allergy impacts shipping-stock returns ESG investors are shunning shipping stocks, but dividends should bolster total returns.
FreightWaves • 6th November 2019 Ardmore: 2020 marine gasoil demand to top expectations It’s officially crunch time — the IMO 2020 rule comes into force in less than two months. Yet even today, no one actually knows what mix of fuel the world’s shipping industry will consume.
FreightWaves • 1st November 2019 Platts debuts parallel IMO 2020 ship indices – and spread is huge New freight indices provide visibility on potential earnings premiums of scrubber-equipped vessels.
