FreightWaves • 16th January 2021 Ship fuel prices jump, spread widens. Is ‘scrubber’ revival nigh? Higher fuel prices are bad news for box shippers. Higher fuel spreads are good news for owners with scrubber-fitted fleets.
FreightWaves • 7th January 2021 Tanker recovery still distant prospect after Saudi surprise How surprise Saudi production cuts and escalating Mideast tensions could impact timing of crude-tanker rate recovery.
FreightWaves • 29th December 2020 Top stories of 2020: Inside ocean shipping’s wild ride A look back at 2020's shipping roller coaster: how container sector emerged as ‘surprise rock star’ and tankers peaked early, then plunged.
FreightWaves • 6th December 2020 Q3 stock recap: Ocean shipping’s winners and losers Container shipping stocks are back to pre-COVID levels whereas many tanker and bulker stocks are down by double-digits year-to-date.
FreightWaves • 1st December 2020 Wall Street’s incredible shrinking shipping stocks The total market capitalization of U.S.-listed ocean shipping stocks has plunged 34% in 2020, but there are reasons for hope in 2021.
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.
