Lloyd's List • August 21, 2024

Shipowners still adding more scrubbers, via newbuildings not retrofits

Escalating scrubber use equates to ongoing strong demand for high-sulphur fuel oil.

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 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 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

Lloyd's List • June 27, 2024

How Star Bulk merger succeeded amid shipping consolidation ‘failure’

Self-serving behavior of executives of listed shipping companies is still holding up M&A

Lloyd's List • June 22, 2024

Lionel Messi’s fashion royalties and shipping’s road to Nasdaq

Some shipping listings are acquired from public companies that have nothing to do with shipping — which makes for some colourful Nasdaq origin stories.

Lloyd's List • June 18, 2024

Shipping stocks suffer ‘brutal’ pullback in June after long bull run

Shares have fallen across the board. A speed bump or the start of something worse?

Lloyd's List • May 13, 2024

As shipping stocks soar, controlling shareholders reap the rewards

Shipping equities are hitting new peaks — not just 52-week highs but in some cases all-time highs.

Lloyd's List • April 26, 2024

Ukrainian grain exports rebound as ship arrivals near pre-war levels

The number of bulker arrivals has surged and Ukraine has been able to maintain its exports.

Lloyd's List • April 24, 2024

Another one bites the dust: Shipping stocks keep disappearing from the ticker

Gram Car Carriers sale follows recent delistings of Eagle Bulk, Textainer and Navios Holdings.

Lloyd's List • April 17, 2024

How could Middle East crisis play out for tanker exchange-traded fund?

An interview with Breakwave's John Kartsonas on BWET and BDRY.

Lloyd's List • April 10, 2024

March transit data shows first month-on-month gain since July 2023

March transit data shows first month-on-month gain since July 2023.

INSIDE SHIPPING • March 6, 2024

2024 shipping stock surprises – and a look at the ‘Monday curse’

With the latest year-to-date performance stats on dry bulk, container line, container-ship lessor and tanker stocks

INSIDE SHIPPING • February 16, 2024

As US military polices Red Sea, US trade is nowhere in sight – it all diverted

U.S. import and export cargoes – from containers to gas to grains – are all going around the Cape of Good Hope. Have the Houthis already won?

FreightWaves • January 22, 2024

Shipping and geopolitical risk: Don’t forget about Korean Peninsula

Amid the focus on wars in Europe and the Middle East, North Korea’s threat to key exporting and shipbuilding nations grows.

FreightWaves • January 19, 2024

Panama Canal transits sink to new drought-driven low in December

Monthly canal transits are now much lower than they were in 2015, the year before the Neopanamax locks went into operation.

FreightWaves • December 29, 2023

Shipping shares outpaced S&P 500 amid 2023’s rising stock market

Tanker stocks rose as expected in 2023, container shipping shares surprised to the upside, and dry bulk stocks lagged the pack.

FreightWaves • December 26, 2023

Top ocean shipping stories of 2023: War, drought and detours

Ocean shipping kept the world’s cargo flowing amid two wars and disruptions at both the Panama and Suez canals.

FreightWaves • December 20, 2023

Red Sea fallout much greater for containers than tankers, bulkers

Container ships have forsaken the Red Sea route but many bulk commodity vessels continue to transit the danger zone.

FreightWaves • December 13, 2023

Panama Canal transits plunge as larger ships are turned away

Panama’s drought initially affected transits through the smaller locks. The pain has now spread to the larger Neopanamax locks.