Lloyd's List • January 15, 2025

VLCC spot rates surge higher as tanker stock rally takes a breather

Baltic VLCC TCE index gains another 33% on Tuesday to reach $47,916 per day

Lloyd's List • January 10, 2025

VLCC outlook: Sanctions, ‘pond full of black swans’ and China downside risk

Hope is rising that sanctions will force more crude cargoes to mainstream VLCCs in 2025

Lloyd's List • December 12, 2024

If stocks keep sinking, should owners keep buying back their own shares?

Listed owners pile more cash into buybacks as share prices continue to slump

Lloyd's List • December 4, 2024

The rise and fall of bulk shipping stocks — and the rise and rise of container stocks

Tanker, dry bulk and gas carrier shares are down year to date, whereas container shares have outpaced the broader stock market

Lloyd's List • November 26, 2024

Shipping M&A 2025: Not as strong as 2024 but deal flow may surprise to upside

Hurdles to shipping M&A have increased but the potential for new deals remains

Lloyd's List • November 19, 2024

VLCC rate rise offers ray of hope amid autumn tanker stock gloom

VLCC spot rates up 19% week on week but still down 43% year on year

Lloyd's List • November 8, 2024

Shipping execs weigh in on Trump 2.0, downplaying potential negatives

Chief executives of listed tanker and bulker owners see limited tonne-mile fallout

Lloyd's List • November 6, 2024

Trump victory could spur sweeping changes for tariffs and sanctions

US stock market surges on election results, but shipping stocks did not follow suit

Lloyd's List • November 5, 2024

Alarm bells ring as crude tankers suffer counter-seasonal rate slide

Owners ‘face one of toughest rate environments in recent memory’, warns Breakwave Advisors

Lloyd's List • November 5, 2024

Who are the biggest losers among shipping stocks so far this year?

Dorian LPG and Nordic American Tankers suffer biggest losses since January

Lloyd's List • October 29, 2024

Bulk commodity shipping faces lacklustre demand growth, end to disruption upside

Tanker rates profitable but disappointing; dry bulk, LNG and LPG rates notably weak

Lloyd's List • October 25, 2024

PODCAST: Shipping corporate governance: the good, the bad and the ugly

An in-depth interview with analyst Michael Webber on listed shipowners' corporate governance

Lloyd's List • October 22, 2024

Dry bulk sentiment sours as spot rates continue to slide

Capesize and supramax rates fall to Q1 levels; Panamax rates sink to year-to-date low

Lloyd's List • October 9, 2024

Container lines poised to post highest quarterly profits since pandemic

Asian carrier disclosures imply 3Q24 consensus on US-listed Zim is too low

Lloyd's List • September 25, 2024

Container and dry bulk shipping stocks are outpacing tanker shares

Investors are betting that US port strike will boost container liner stocks

Lloyd's List • August 16, 2024

How have shipping stocks fared in aftermath of summer sell-off?

Shipping shares regain some ground, but year-to-date performance mixed

Lloyd's List • August 15, 2024

VLCC rates suddenly spike amid ‘fragile’ market and China worries

TCE index for Middle East-China VLCC route surges 47% on Thursday

Lloyd's List • August 2, 2024

Shipping shares fall sharply amid widespread Wall Street sell-off

US-listed shipping stocks are getting hammered along with the rest of the market.

Lloyd's List • July 22, 2024

Box rates still historically high, but more ‘cracks’ and peak signals emerge

Shanghai Containerised Freight Index drops for second week in a row

Lloyd's List • July 16, 2024

What could a second Trump presidency mean for shipping — and shipping stocks?

As the odds of a second Trump presidency increase, analysts mull the financial impact