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
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Seatrade Webinar Audio recording
Seatrade hosted a Webinar featuring our South East Asia Regional Director, David Jordan, discussing the COVID-19 pandemic. If you would like to have a listen, click here
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
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
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
MSI sees good time for tankers between 2021 and 2025
Tanker markets are set for a better time in the next five years compared with the previous decade, mainly due to small fleet growth, according to Maritime Strategies International (MSI). Read more
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
Size and safety set tanker trends
To chart the history of oil tankers is to put a mirror to more than a century of technical evolution, disaster, politics and regulation. Read more
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