Safe Bulkers

Despite ongoing controversy over shareholder treatment, analyst Michael Webber says shipping is doing a better job.

Rates and sentiment in dry bulk shipping have fallen hard. Economic pressures in China appear to be a major culprit.

Capesize bulkers haven’t earned this much since 2009, and freight futures just made “monstrous” move up.

Extreme measures to contain delta variant create unprecedented backlog of dry bulk ships off China.

Rates for smaller bulkers remain at decade highs with most dry bulk stocks up triple digits since November.

Formerly containerized cargoes are being loaded onto bulkers. Box-ship orders are keeping future bulker growth in check.

Dry bulk shipping rates are now double to triple five-year averages. Stock prices of dry bulk owners are on the ascent.

The bosses of public dry bulk shipping companies claim that recent market oddities point to good times ahead.

This has been the best January for dry bulk shipping rates in a decade. Is this the long-awaited turning point or yet another head fake?

M&A is being blocked by weak share pricing among buyers and lack of desperation among sellers.

The stock market is back to pre-COVID levels. Shipping shares still have some catching up to do.

Dry bulk rates were already terrible — then came the coronavirus, and they’re getting even worse.

Trade tensions look like they’ll get worse before they get better, a negative for ocean shipping demand.

Market prognosticators have been saying dry bulk will recover “next year” almost every year for the past decade. Will it finally happen in 2020?

This week, VLCC tanker rates are rising, whereas both trans-Pacific box rates and Capesize bulker rates are slipping.

Dry bulk spot rates have pulled back from recent highs, while trans-Pacific container rates have held their gains.

The beleaguered dry bulk shipping sector is nearing its post-financial-crisis peak. Is it sustainable?

Companies like Safe Bulkers are booking their ships at considerably higher rates, yet investor interest remains muted.

An exclusive interview with John Kartsonas, the developer of the BDRY exchange-traded fund that tracks bulker rates.

Capesize owners were afraid to ballast to Brazil when a key Vale mine was closed. Now there are too few Capesizes in the Atlantic Basin, pushing up rates.

Dry bulk transport is about to get more expensive thanks to new marine fuel regulations.

Rates are rising for bulkers and gas carriers, while container pricing on the trans-Pacific is showing signs of life.

Stocks of publicly listed ship owners, particularly in the dry bulk sector, are feeling the fallout of trade tensions.

Dry bulk carriers outperformed the S&P 500 by a significant margin today, with Star Bulk Carriers, the largest publicly traded fleet in the segment, gaining 5.1% on the day.