Analysis

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Analysis

January 21, 2021

BIMCO: 1,427 Capesize journeys in the first 20 days of the year

The year 2021 has started strongly for the Capesize market with a 10.4% increase in the number of journeys completed or underway in the first...

January 19, 2021

Drewry Publishes Maritime Financial Insight for January 2021

Container shipping: The year 2020 was full of highs and lows for liner operators marked by a significant swing in fortunes. (more…)

January 15, 2021

Chinese imports heading for 50% market share of the dry bulk market after a turbulent year

The turbulence of the past year has in many ways clouded the underlying fundamentals in the dry bulk shipping market, but with 2020 now behind...

January 11, 2021

Leading shipbroker Simpson Spence Young shares views on 2021 market outlook

After a highly volatile 2020, leading shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) looks at the next 12 months and highlights areas of particular interest in their...

January 8, 2021

Global container volumes down 1.7% in first 11 months of 2020

Despite the alarming headlines in the spring of last year, container shipping proved remarkably resilient in 2020 in terms of volumes as well as freight...

December 1, 2020

Container Port Throughput Index Almost Stagnant – Drewry

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 235 ports...

November 25, 2020

Dry bulk shipping: China remains driving factor; coal policy disrupting market

The second half of the year has provided some cheer for the dry bulk market, with all ships in the spot market averaging earnings above...

November 12, 2020

40% of Phase One goal reached for US manufactured goods to China

Exports from the US to China of the manufactured goods included in the Phase One agreement between the two countries reached USD 31.1 billion in...

October 23, 2020

US retail sales growth outperforms China and boosts transpacific trade

A strong comeback in US retail sales has replaced the 14.7% drop seen in April. In fact, US retail sales have been up since June...

October 7, 2020

Trade shows signs of rebound from COVID-19, recovery still uncertain

The WTO now forecasts a 9.2% decline in the volume of world merchandise trade for 2020, followed by a 7.2% rise in 2021. (more…)

September 30, 2020

Energy transitions and zero-carbon targets: Kemp

Policymakers in many countries have outlined plans for an ambitious transition from a system dominated by oil, gas and coal in the 2010s to one...

September 24, 2020

US-China trade war reinforces change in Asia’s manufacturing landscape

The peak season for containerised exports from Asia to the US is now underway with the COVID-19 pandemic and astoundingly high freight rates making it...

September 18, 2020

Trans-Pacific short vs long contract freight rate gap hits record USD 2,400 per FEU

As the year 2020 continues to deliver positive surprises for the container shipping sector, the gap between short and long term contract freight rates on...

September 10, 2020

Tanker shipping: freight rates back at loss-making levels after 12 very profitable months

A stunningly strong 12 months for the tanker shipping industry is now being replaced by lower freight rates, as lower oil production and demand sets...

September 10, 2020

Container shipping: capacity management key to carriers’ profitability as volumes falter

Despite lower demand because of the pandemic, carriers have achieved high freight rates and profitability in the first half of the year through large-scale capacity...