Vessel owners, operators and charterers reacting to a sharp reduction in demand due to COVID-19 are soon to face an additional operational challenge in the form of accelerated hull fouling as more and more vessels lie idle at anchor or provide floating…
Newbuilding contracting activity is expected to retreat heavily in 2020, as a result of a curb in investment by ship owners. This trend was briefly interrupted over the course of the past fortnight, only to be resumed during the previous days. In its l…
Sluggish Newbuilding Trend Resumes, as Market Headed For Downturn Read More »
Shipping is a seasonal business. Commodity producers and commodity consumers are subject to weather patterns that affect the flow of goods, both from a supply as well as a demand perspective. For dry bulk, seasonality is mainly focused on weather-relat…
Seasonality in Dry Bulk Shipping – An Exploitable Inefficiency Read More »
These are turbulent times for our industry. Ship owners have been thrust from the relative comfort of gradual change to seismic shifts and mounting complexity – a process set in motion by the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2020 sulphur cap…
Setting sail for 2050: Imagining the future of marine lubrication Read More »
While tankers are one of the few “silver linings” in the shipping market in the current context, things could very well turn south if the negative impact from the pandemic of COVID-19 is larger than originally thought. Shipping, not just tankers, needs…
Global Economy’s Rebound Will Determine Shipping’s “Fate” Read More »