During the presentation, David Jordan, Regional Director, Asia, Maritime Strategies International will present the latest insights from MSI’s base case for the container, dry bulk and tanker markets, which is formulated around the idea that we will see a return to “business-as-usual” over the course of the next couple of months. Read more here
Dry Bulk
Virus could wipe out shipping industry’s profits
The Business Times takes a look at the impact of the Coronavirus on shipping. Adam Kent comments on various scenarios which could further impact the main sectors. Read more here
Why trying to hold the capesize market to ransom will not work
Holly Birkett addresses the changing landscape of dry bulk with some helpful input from our director of dry bulk research, Will Fray. Read more
Japan’s commercial shipyards scale back construction capacity
Major shipyards face further decline in the face of competition from China and South Korea. Read more in TradeWinds
Take a look at MSIs Coronavirus escalation scenario analysis in our latest Foresight piece
Shipping should shrug off coronavirus but escalation risks supply chain contagion
MSI has analysed how the virus is affecting shipping sectors now and what the future implications of a further escalation might be. 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
Now is not the time to leave slow steaming out of the IMOs toolkit
Take a look in TradeWinds- our outlook for the proposed 20% reduction in speed- Read more