Container shipping divide: Cargo rates weaken, ship rents ‘robust’
Trans-Pacific spot shipping rates remain under pressure, slumping back again as U.S. import demand comes up short.
Trans-Pacific spot shipping rates remain under pressure, slumping back again as U.S. import demand comes up short.
Outsize profits are still flowing to companies like Danaos and Costamare that lease ships to container lines.
Freight forwarder will pay “absolute historic high” to secure container ship as “people are panicking” amid “out of control” market.
Singapore stock exchange-listed ship lessor First Ship Lease reported essentially flat revenues for the third quarter of 2019, but it also announced a swing back into profit. A combination of higher revenues and cost cutting delivered the positive result.
It was a poorly-received IPO for CSSC Shipping. Institutional and retail take up was weak and its share price plummeted from the offer price.