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Industry leader: Adam Kent, Managing Director, Maritime Strategies International
Dr Adam Kent joined Maritime Strategies International (MSI), where he is now managing director, in the early 2000s as an analyst and was instantly hooked on both shipping and market analysis. Read more about the man at the helm of MSI here in Riviera’s industry leader piece
Take a look at MSIs Coronavirus escalation scenario analysis in our latest Foresight piece
IMO 2020 – lower sulphur means higher freight rates
‘From our discussions with Maritime Strategies International (MSI) and other active participants in the freight market, we now expect a higher uptake of scrubbers. We estimate that 20-25% of the larger Capesize vessels will have scrubbers fitted by end 2020. For the mid-size Panamax vessels, the uptake is lower at 5%.’ Read more
Littel Cheer from Lunar New Year for bulk carrier market
While tanker owners toast their good fortune, bulker operators are downing a cocktail of higher costs, weaker demand and a supply side influx. Read more
MSI predicts dismal Q1 for bulker operators
Dry bulk carrier operators don’t seem to have a lot of reasons to be jolly as they enter 2020 with higher fuel costs, weaker demand, and a supply-side influx swirl into a perfect storm. Read more
Scrubber-fitted vessels the early winners in IMO 2020 transition
A volatile first half could see big moves in hi-lo price differential but the trend of falling HSFO prices gives the advantage to users of scrubber systems, says Maritime Strategies International. Read more
Now you see them: dry bulk market haunted by phantom orderbook
Will Fray comments in Splash- ‘The late reporting of orders to qualify ships as IMO tier II compliant fails to mask a continued fall in 2019 contracting’ – Read more
Future Tendencies in the Global Shipbuilding market
Dr. Adam Kent presents at the OECD on the shipbuilding market, looking at vessel demand, supply side changes, emissions and the evolution of shipbuilding. Read his presentation here