FreightWaves • September 1, 2023

How have shipping shares performed versus broader stock market?

Have shipping stocks been a good bet? Here’s a look at their performance year to date and versus pre-COVID.

FreightWaves • August 30, 2023

Panama Canal restrictions are rerouting LPG shipping flows

Persistent congestion and higher delays at the Panama Canal could lead to lasting changes in global LPG shipping flows.

FreightWaves • August 24, 2023

How much money do shipping CEOs make? Here’s their 2022 pay info

Average CEO compensation rose as ocean shipping company earnings increased, fueled in many cases by share-based compensation.

FreightWaves • August 23, 2023

Shipping ‘traffic jam’ at Panama Canal: Why it’s not a crisis (yet)

Panama’s drought poses a serious challenge to the country’s canal operations, but fallout to global trade remains limited.

FreightWaves • August 2, 2023

As propane exports break records, LPG shipping stock hits new high

Asian demand for propane continues to build, as does US supply, equating to booming business for LPG tanker owners in the middle.

FreightWaves • July 20, 2023

Thousands of ships could use LNG as fuel. Is that a good thing?

Shipowners have invested billions in the LNG fuel option in the belief that it will benefit regulatory compliance and the environment.

FreightWaves • July 18, 2023

Container shipping stocks outperform despite market gloom

Shipping stocks in sectors with high deliveries of new ships are doing better than those with low orderbooks.

FreightWaves • May 24, 2023

Giant tankers full of American propane are making waves

Large liquefied petroleum gas tankers are riding high on rising U.S. exports and higher Chinese import demand.

FreightWaves • May 17, 2023

How LNG shipping kept Europe’s wartime energy supply secure

Europe faced a potentially disastrous energy shortage after war broke out. LNG shipping played a vital role in limiting the fallout.

FreightWaves • May 6, 2023

What will happen if Russia blocks Black Sea grain ships?

The war has stoked fears of global shortfalls of wheat, corn and fertilizers, but the flexibility of shipping trades has limited the risk.

FreightWaves • March 29, 2023

Hello, goodbye: Shipping's latest entries and exits on Wall Street

The lineup of shipping stocks is in flux. There are multiple new listings as well as notable departures.

FreightWaves • February 24, 2023

One year later: How Ukraine-Russia war reshaped ocean shipping

After a year of sanctions and “self sanctions,” shipping goods caught in the crossfire continue to find their way to buyers.

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.