19 Dec

Daily Briefing December 20 2022

West African waters evolve as tanker spoofing centre as ‘dark fleet’ increases in size and notoriety | Dark ship...
19 Dec

San Pedro Bay ports scrap unused container dwell fee

‘This fee was conceived as an incentive to ease congestion, keeping imported goods flowing to stores across America,’ says...
19 Dec

LNG: Tight market to support strong carrier rates

A spate of newbuilding deliveries can easily be absorbed, with more long-term charters being inked to secure tonnage in...
19 Dec

Tankers: West African waters evolve as tanker spoofing centre as ‘dark fleet’ increases in size and notoriety

Tanker owners will have to deal with elevated compliance risks from sanctions in 2023. The long list of concerns...
19 Dec

Transatlantic box trade defies market downturn

‘The volume outlook is for a decent year ahead, unless of course, carriers decide to kill the golden goose,’...
19 Dec

Dark ship activity grows in Kerch Strait

AIS gaps have been at elevated levels since August. Given the political circumstances, it is difficult to determine the...
19 Dec

Crude tankers set to benefit from China’s bounce-back

More imports to China will come from the Middle East using VLCCs, which will also be involved in the...
19 Dec

The week in charts: Global recession the greatest risk to shipping | Weaker dry bulk market expected | Departures from Ukraine slow

Shipbuilding production output looks set to reach highest level since 2017; US import lull catches up with major east and...
19 Dec

The week in newbuildings: Large car and truck carrier orderbook hits 109 ships

Recent orders by Chinese operators have pushed the vehicle carrier newbuilding backlog to 21% of the existing fleet in...
19 Dec

MSC ‘strongly objects’ to drugs cartel claim

‘The MSC Gayne incident was certainly a wake-up call for the entire container shipping and logistics industry, given the...