Houthi attacks have been a plus for shipping rates. The latest to benefit: Owners of container vessels that can be rented to shipping lines.
After rapidly expanding its fleet during the boom, ocean carrier Zim is backpedaling and shedding ships.
Charter rates hold steady at their peak as the seemingly neverending container shipping boom continues.
Some public shipowners are turning toward more diverse fleets. Others are moving in the opposite direction.
California congestion hits charter rates as ship operators waste millions waiting to get to terminals.
Liner deals in the ship-leasing market imply strong confidence in high freight rates for the foreseeable future.
Demand for container ships is so extreme that some operators are paying unprecedented sums to rent them.
Despite epic container rates and hefty dry bulk profits, stocks fell by double digits over the past three weeks.
There has never been a better time to own container ships and lease them to liners. But some owners are selling ships and cashing out.
Congestion is cutting liner capacity just as freight rates are at all-time highs, incentivizing carriers to buy or charter more ships.
Freight forwarder will pay “absolute historic high” to secure container ship as “people are panicking” amid “out of control” market.
COVID has been great for stocks. In ocean shipping, container and dry bulk shares rode the wave. Tankers stocks sank.
Liners are paying historically high rates to charter ships and maximize their exposure to the booming freight market.
The trans-Pacific capacity crunch continues. Container volume that’s either inbound to Los Angeles or stuck at anchorage is surging.
A look back at the days after the 2016 presidential election and the strange case of “The Donald Trump Shipping Stock Boom.”
Analysts point to upside prospects for container-ship stocks as charter rates rebound.
The more sailings cancelled, the more risk to companies leasing container ships to carriers.
Higher freight rates are piquing investor interest, bringing ship owners back to the capital markets.
The quarterly results of Costamare reveal continued rise in container-ship charter rates.
East Coast refinery outage spurs more trans-Atlantic gasoline cargoes from Europe.
Every corner of the ocean shipping world is completely distinct from the others. What fuels the tanker business is almost entirely different than what steers dry bulkers or container ships. […]
