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.