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Month: April 2022

Vessel efficiency will be key to employability

Speaking to an audience of shipping finance specialists, Dr Adam Kent, MSI’s Managing Director, noted the boom in the container ship sector has been mainly supported by inefficiencies such as port congestion. It has been a driving force in the container ship and to some extent, the dry bulk sectors, with trade and tonne-miles only telling part of the story. Read more on Riviera

MSI Uncategorized Leave a comment April 28, 2022 1 Minute

Capes among the most exposed ship types with incoming EEXI legislation

Capesize owners are likely to be among the hardest hit when new Energy Efficiency Existing Index (EEXI) rules kick in on January 1 next year based on MSI’s new environmental benchmarking tool. Read more on Splash247.com

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Podcast: In Focus – Shipping markets and shipbuilding impact

MSI Director, James Frew, talks to The Maritime Podcast and puts the spotlight on the outlook for the shipping markets and shipbuilding, including the developing orderbook, alternative fuels and new ship types. Listen to the podcast here Seatrade Maritime

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Tanker market weighs winners and losers

Crude trade volumes are revised down but the distances ships must carry it will increase, leading to a more positive view for carriers, writes Tim Smith, MSI. Read more here splash247.com

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Viability concerns: LNG bulker newbuild run may have peaked

LNG-fuelled bulker newbuildings may be falling out of favour as owners look to new zero-carbon alternatives.

This is the view of London and Singapore-based research and forecasting company MSI. Read more here TradeWinds.

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Tanker trade growth seen rising 6% in 2022

GROWTH in product and crude tanker trades will rise by an average 6% in 2022, supported by vessels sailing longer distances in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to MSI. Crude import growth will come from North America, Europe, and north Asia regions. Read more in LloydsList

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EU countries hunt for global coal stocks as Russian ban looms

Europe’s need to import more coal from sources further afield would be positive for the larger Panamax and Capesize shipping segments on long-haul coal trade routes says MSI. Read more on Reuters

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Global freight seen steady but surplus supply weighs

Global tanker freight is seen steady over the next few months as oil buyers replenish inventories, exporters release reserves, refinery margins remain high and a major war alters trade flows, S&P Global Commodity Insights reports, using MSI forecast data.

MSI Uncategorized Leave a comment April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 1 Minute

Vehicle carriers: Positivity despite auto parts anxiety

PCTC utilisation levels and charter rates during 2022-23 are on track to surpass the peak levels seen at the top of the 2006-08 market cycle, says MSI’s PCTC analyst Niklas Carlen in this Quarterly Outlook article by LloydsList

MSI Uncategorized Leave a comment April 4, 2022 1 Minute

Rigs report: global floater utilisation to hit 90% by 2024

Prospects in South America, notably Brazil, are brightening both for floaters and offshore support vessels (OSVs), particularly for larger anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) and platform supply vessels (PSVs), according to MSI. Read more in  Riviera Maritime Media

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