FreightWaves • December 30, 2019

2019 Recap: Top ocean shipping interviews of the year

If you want to know what’s really happening in ocean shipping, look to what the executives on the front lines of this global business are saying.

FreightWaves • December 27, 2019

Outlook 2020: Ocean shipping finance to tighten further

Keep a close watch on ship finance in 2020. The amount of capital available to shipowners next year will determine vessel capacity growth in the medium term, and thus, future freight rates.

FreightWaves • December 26, 2019

Ominous IMO 2020 signs for ocean shipping spot rates

Are ship owners and operators successfully passing along the higher cost to beneficial cargo owners (BCOs)? The very early answer appears to be: mostly no.

FreightWaves • December 20, 2019

Q&A: Tanker boss Zabrocky on the eve of IMO 2020

An exclusive interview with Lois Zabrocky, CEO of tanker owner International Seaways.

FreightWaves • December 18, 2019

Shipping unveils blueprint for collecting future carbon tax

If there’s going to be a global carbon tax on ocean shipping someday, the industry itself wants to devise the “architecture” of how this levy is charged and collected.

FreightWaves • December 16, 2019

What US-China trade progress means for shipping stocks

The trade war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump has precipitated years of negative sentiment for ocean-shipping stocks. Finally, some relief is in sight.

FreightWaves • December 13, 2019

Q&A: Dorian CEO Hadjipateras on LPG surge, trade war, IMO 2020

An exclusive interview with John Hadjipateras, founder and CEO of NYSE-listed Dorian LPG.

FreightWaves • December 10, 2019

Q&A: Scorpio’s Bugbee on ‘Prexit,’ 2020 outlook and stock rebound

An exclusive interview with Scorpio President Robert Bugbee on shipping stocks and what lies ahead.

FreightWaves • December 9, 2019

East Coast ports poised to poach even more boxes from West

The shift of container shipping services toward U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports and away from West Coast ports is far from over.

FreightWaves • December 5, 2019

Survey: trade-war fallout for supply chain still in early innings

A new survey by Resilience360 confirms the trade war’s far-reaching effects on global supply chains, and more importantly, highlights a “wait-and-see” approach among shippers.

FreightWaves • December 4, 2019

Could Europe unilaterally regulate shipping carbon emissions?

What would happen to global trade if the EU implemented some form of carbon pricing and the IMO did not follow suit, or did so years later, leading to a ‘Balkanization’ of carbon-emission regimes?

FreightWaves • December 3, 2019

Ocean shipping in crossfire again as trade war reignites

Hope for a cease-fire in America’s multi-front trade war has dimmed after a barrage of hawkish new U.S. statements toward China, France, Brazil and Argentina.

FreightWaves • December 3, 2019

Bad news, good news for dry bulk shipping

Bearish Vale news comes against a backdrop of rising Capesize rates in late November and early December, the latest twist in a volatile year.

FreightWaves • November 27, 2019

Shipping’s spot-rate model could collide with green agenda

Shipping's deep-seated focus on spot rates could complicate plans to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint in the years ahead.

FreightWaves • November 27, 2019

Tanker bosses give thanks for six-figure rates, order drought

Rates have persistently stayed above $60,000 a day through most of the fourth quarter and are back above the $100,000-a-day mark.

FreightWaves • November 25, 2019

Bulk booze by sea – Part 2: The present and future (with video)

The present and future of the bulk transport of alcoholic beverages across the world’s oceans.

FreightWaves • November 21, 2019

Why are Capesize dry bulk shipping rates still sliding?

Another day, another downward slip in spot rates for the workhorses of dry bulk shipping known as Capesizes.

FreightWaves • November 20, 2019

Is the rebirth of shipping share offerings finally nigh?

The Wall Street “window” for offerings of shipping securities rarely opens that wide. After months of silence, there’s renewed activity on Wall Street.

FreightWaves • November 20, 2019

Box pendulum swings even more toward East Coast

The momentum within the container sector toward U.S. East Coast ports at the expense of West Coast ports continues to build.

FreightWaves • November 19, 2019

Bulk booze by sea – Part 1: The past

A look at today's containerized ocean transport of alcohol via bottle, can, keg, flexitank and ISO tank container