It took several weeks, but finally, tonnage supply could start falling again, on the back of increased sales of ships for recycling. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Intermodal noted that “the demolition market has remained particularly busy for…
Demolition Activity Picks Up After Weeks of Stagnation Read More »
The business section of any publication is usually chock full of indices like the S&P, ZEW and the CPI, all of which are used by investment professionals to help gauge the health of the economy. However, when it comes to the shipping industry, whic…
Decoding the Baltic Dry Index Read More »
This week we interview the manager of a maritime hedge fund to discuss his views on finance in shipping markets. What are today’s smart investment opportunities? Greener fuels, optimization and automisation of the logistics chain (artificial intelligen…
The uncertainty regarding the future regulatory environment and the difficulty in securing a “futureproof” newbuilding, means that most ship owners are actively looking for more deals in the S&P market, instead of investing in the newbuilding marke…
Ship owners looking to invest heavily in the S&P market Read More »
Imagine several ships en route from departure port ‘A’ to arrive at different ports around the world, each at a given time. These ships have no captain or crew on board and can navigate, dock, load, unload and refuel on their own and are maintained by …
Maritime autonomy: A bridge too far Read More »