FreightWaves • 25th November 2020 Frontline's disappearing dividend ‘speaks volumes’ on tanker fears Worries mount for crude tankers: dividend cuts, the pandemic, a stubborn floating-storage hangover … and now newbuild chatter.
FreightWaves • 19th November 2020 COVID lockdown sequel threatens shipping demand As COVID hospitalizations surge and business restrictions mount, could U.S. importers be overshooting the mark?
FreightWaves • 16th November 2020 Tanker shipping at risk of rare winter hibernation “Winter is Coming” is a warning in House Stark and (usually) a blessing for tankers. But there's nothing usual about 2020.
FreightWaves • 9th November 2020 How vaccine and Biden victory will impact shipping The one-two punch of the Pfizer vaccine and Joe Biden’s victory will affect container and tanker shipping in multiple ways.
FreightWaves • 5th November 2020 Crude vs. product tanker debate: Advantage product tankers? Euronav exec curses crude-tanker market (literally). Scorpio exec pitches product-tanker promise and throws shade at crude side.
FreightWaves • 27th October 2020 Shipping climate clash: What it means to bottom lines What happens next at the IMO will affect oceangoing ship capacity — and freight rates — for decades to come.
FreightWaves • 21st October 2020 Why crude-tanker collapse could be long and painful New Kpler data reveals slow pace of floating-storage unwind and steady fall in crude-tanker utilization.
FreightWaves • 16th October 2020 ‘Exit Strategy’: Clock is ticking for swashbuckling shipowners Sequel to “The Shipping Man” asks whether ESG will kill the old-school style of traditional shipowners.
FreightWaves • 14th October 2020 Trump vs. Biden: How the winner could affect ocean shipping A “blue sweep” win for Democrats could be good for container ships, bad for tankers.
FreightWaves • 8th October 2020 Can green shipping scheme lick ‘herding cats’ dilemma? Banks, charterers, shipowners and governments want to clean up ocean transport. Not necessarily in the same way.
FreightWaves • 6th October 2020 New ship orders sink as fear of future economic crisis grows Shipping CEOs see an increasing risk of a global economic crisis in the decade ahead.
FreightWaves • 25th September 2020 How IMO 2020 turned into the Y2K of ocean shipping Marine fuel prices are down 30% year-on-year despite the IMO 2020 regulation.
FreightWaves • 21st September 2020 COVID fears pummel already battered shipping stocks Ocean shipping stocks remain mired in a sea of red. A bad year is getting worse.
FreightWaves • 14th September 2020 Tanker market is awash (again) in floating storage chatter Amid talk of more floating storage, Kpler data reveals most of round-one storage volume is still on the water.
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 • 3rd September 2020 Disaster fallout: How global shocks are reshaping trade An interview with McKinsey partner Ed Barriball, who warns that global shocks will become more frequent.
FreightWaves • 3rd September 2020 Supertanker spot rates are crashing down to ‘opex’ levels Crude-tanker rates on the benchmark Middle East-Asia run are now deep in the red.
FreightWaves • 25th August 2020 New data trove reveals how COVID hit world trade Good news: Ocean volumes are recovering from COVID.
FreightWaves • 17th August 2020 Q&A: COVID, the rise of China, and the future of ocean shipping COVID-19 could ignite geopolitical clashes and cause “meltdown” in U.S. consumer demand.
FreightWaves • 14th August 2020 Hormuz tanker risk rises after US seizes Iranian cargoes Will Iran retaliate after America commandeers four Iranian gasoline shipments?
