With the focus over the past few years being the rise of China’s shipbuilding industry and Korea’s response to it, Japan has seen its place among the leading shipbuilding nations waning. However, this could be set for a shift sooner than later. In a re…
Is Japan’s Shipbuilding Industry on a Comeback Run? Read More »
LNG shipping is undergoing a rapid fleet expansion, with a stacked delivery schedule extending until 2027. The fleet growth will keep shipping rates under pressure in 2025-26, with rebalancing likely from 2027 as massive liquefaction capacities (with o…
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The global coal market is on the cusp of an extraordinary shift, preparing for what the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its Coal Mid-Year Update 2025 describes as “an unprecedented occurrence in this century”: a second consecutive year…
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The road towards shipping’s decarbonization was never supposed to be straightforward and this proves to be the case. In a recent weekly report, shipbroker Intermodal said that “since the beginning of 2025 several maritime regulations have come into for…
Shipping Decarbonization: New Regulations New “Headaches” Read More »
“We estimate the dry bulk supply/demand balance to weaken in both 2025 and 2026, compared to 2024. Demand growth is expected to slow, impacted by a weaker economic outlook for China and the world and a shift in US trade policy,” says Filipe Gouveia, Sh…