Wars and pandemics — geopolitical and global health crises causing widespread suffering and death — have the side effect of hiking profits in certain industries. Wars inflate re… Read More
A year ago, an armada of ships came to Europe’s aid, bringing U.S.-produced liquefied natural gas to replace Russian pipeline gas supplies lost in the wake of the war. The outlook for… Read More
Dry bulk — the world’s largest ocean shipping market in terms of volume — is off to one of its worst starts ever in 2023.
The sector’s famous bellwether, the Balt… Read More
There have been two historic shipping booms since the turn of the century. Could a third be around the corner?
The first, in 2003-2008, was driven by a surge in Chinese demand as that co… Read More
The ocean shipping industry is just days away from the debut of the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), a new regulation meant to combat global warming. Even as an initial baby step, the C… Read More
As a subscriber to the greatest transportation newsletter on earth (or at least a reader of the greatest transportation news site on earth), you likely have a healthy skepticism when it come… Read More
Dry bulk has tanker envy in 2020.
Dry bulk was where day traders placed their bets back in the day, in the mid-2000s, but this year, traders on Robinhood and other retail platforms have in… Read More
As shipowners rush to comply with Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) requirements, misguided decisions on “low friction” hull coatings can have far reaching consequence… Read More
Capital Link’s Decarbonization in Shipping Forum will take place on Wednesday & Thursday, April 14 - 15, 2021 from 9:30am – 4:30pm British Standard Time (BST) as a digital co… Read More
A decade after the Great Recession, shipping stocks once again wallow in a sea of red, with yet another plunge on Friday due to coronavirus fears.
There’s a sense of deja vu, not jus… Read More
According to new data released by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 674 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold to the scrap yards in 2019. Of these vessels, 469 large tankers… Read More
NASDAQ-listed shipowner DryShips has entered into a definitive agreement to sell all outstanding shares of the company to a holding company controlled by DryShips’ Chairman and Chief E… Read More
The economic aspect of running a merchant vessel is of prime importance as a shipowner requires a build which maximises the returns for his initial investment and covers his running costs.
T… Read More