The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded existing uncertainties to create a perfect storm for the shipbuilding markets, as well as having widely differing impacts on different sectors of shipping. Take a look inside the latest foresight!
Car/Truck
Ro-ro asset values fall due to oversupply and new technology
See what MSI has to say in TradeWinds
What Gets Measured Gets Managed: The Poseidon Principles and their Impact on the Shipping Industry
Read the article written by MSI Director James Frew here
One in three car carriers projected to be out of work
Read more in Splash
Shipping Markets in the 2020s
Take a look at MSI’s Singapore director giving an overview and outlook for the shipping market into 2020, in the Global Maritime Hub. Read more
Carbon Carriers
The consequences for shipping markets of a major shift in energy consumption away from hydrocarbons and towards renewables and biofuels is the subject of a report prepared by MSI on behalf of the European Climate Foundation. MSI’s shipping market modelling systems were used to analyse how global fossil fuel demand reductions could alter inter-regional commodity trade flows and the associated shift in required shipping capacity, industry earnings and asset prices, across all segments of the shipping industry. The full report can be downloaded here and a shorter Executive Summary here.
ABS Sets the Industry Course to Low Carbon Shipping
MSI are delighted to have worked together with ABS on its industry-shaping Low Carbon Shipping Outlook – a very important initiative! Read more
Short term sunshine, longer term rain?
The shipping market is emerging into an upward trend cycle but is ever more impacted by external factors, argues Adam Kent Read more
As scrubber uptake becomes clearer, compliant fuel provision needs to step up
Bunker demand in 2020 will be determined by scrubber usage, fuel availability and the degree of global compliance, writes MSI’s Director of Oil and Tanker Markets, Tim Smith Read more
MSI sponsors Marine Money NYC, participates in battle royale
MSI is proud to be once again sponsoring the Marine Money event in New York on 14th November.
As part of MSI’s participation our Director of Consultancy, James Frew, will be debating shipping investment strategies and offering an insight into the most promising assets for those looking to place capital.
You can catch James on stage at 15:35 in a “battle royale” with Mark Williams, chaired by Scott Bergeron of the Liberian Registry.