FreightWaves • January 23, 2023

Rough start to 2023 for dry bulk, tanker, gas, container shipping

Are falling commodity shipping spot rates the result of normal seasonality or a symptom of global economic malaise?

FreightWaves • December 19, 2022

2022’s top shipping stories: Container boom ends, war fuels tankers

Just as the pandemic wound down, another market-altering event for shipping — the Ukraine-Russia war — ramped up.

FreightWaves • November 21, 2022

What do crazy $500,000-per-day rates say about shipping demand?

Stratospheric LNG shipping rates offer a lesson on the do’s and don’ts of measuring earnings momentum.

FreightWaves • November 7, 2022

Energy shipping boom: Propane tankers breach $100,000 a day

Some VLGCs carrying propane and VLCCs carrying crude have joined LNG carriers in shipping’s six-figures-per-day club

FreightWaves • October 3, 2022

LNG shipping rates ‘shooting for the stars’ at $500,000 per day

With war raging and pipelines sabotaged, shippers are paying astronomical sums to transport LNG across the oceans.

FreightWaves • September 13, 2022

LNG shipping rates top $100,000/day, oil tanker rates still rising

Tanker stocks are proving to be a shelter from the Wall Street storm as demand grows for ships that transport oil and natural gas.

FreightWaves • September 9, 2022

Shipping’s China syndrome: Demand sinks across multiple cargo markets

Shipping volumes are weakening in and out of China. Is this a temporary pullback or a sign of more serious trouble ahead?

FreightWaves • August 24, 2022

Price of LNG goes stratospheric. Will LNG shipping rates follow?

The Russia-Ukraine war caused demand for LNG to surge. Owners of LNG carriers are in prime position to profit this winter.

FreightWaves • August 15, 2022

Five years on Wall Street: Shipping’s exits, arrivals, whales and minnows

The latest shipping company poised to delist has a market cap of $3.9 billion. The latest new entrant’s market cap is under $20 million.

FreightWaves • August 3, 2022

Saber-rattling in Taiwan Strait stokes new supply chain threat

Chinese military exercises in the Taiwan Strait will delay shipments. Further escalation could have dramatic supply chain effects.

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 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 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 • March 25, 2022

Biden-EU energy pact: LNG shipping game changer or wartime hype?

U.S. LNG cargoes were already flooding toward Europe months before the new deal. Real progress seems years away.

FreightWaves • March 21, 2022

Armada carrying US LNG heads to Europe, but it won’t be enough

Ship-position data shows a fleet of gas carriers en route to Europe amid scramble to bolster energy supply.

FreightWaves • January 24, 2022

How Russian invasion of Ukraine could impact ocean shipping

An attack on Ukraine could hike costs for shipowners and cargo shippers across the globe.

FreightWaves • January 18, 2022

Tanker, bulker, LNG rates drop. Container rates hold near top

For bulk commodity shipping, a rough start to the year. For container shipping, the profit bonanza continues.

FreightWaves • December 21, 2021

LNG shipping’s wild ride: Record, plunge, new record, new plunge

Spot rates topped $300,000/day, sank to teens, rose to over $360,000, now back near $100,000.

FreightWaves • October 18, 2021

First containers, then dry bulk, now LNG shipping rates are spiking

The boom in ocean shipping is spreading to other segments. Spot LNG shipping rates just topped $150,000 per day.

FreightWaves • October 15, 2021

As shipping prospects rise, field of shipping stocks shrinks

More public shipping companies go private as IPOs remain rare. Here's why exits outpace new listings.