Shipping confidence reached a four-year high in the three months to end-February 2018, according to our latest Shipping Confidence Survey. The average confidence level expressed by respondents was up from 6.2 out of 10.0 in November 2017 to 6.4 this ti…
Four-year high in shipping confidence levels Read More »
Following some rather active start to the new year, ship owners have started to ease from committing additional funds to newbuilding contracting or second hand acquisitions. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Shipbroking noted that “it look…
Ship Owners Take A Breather From New Ship Acquisitions Read More »
In this current period of downturn, critics of offshore shipowners will say that owners have been guilty of not scrapping older tonnage in order to maintain a young and advanced fleet. Though this is justified, rewind to pre-downturn, these debt free o…
OSV YTD Scrapping Rates Increase by 153% Read More »
The digitalization process taking place in every area will also determine the future of shipping. The changes will affect the structures and business models of the industry as well as production. “Shipping will be marked by much greater integration of …