“Perhaps the most spectacular and at first glance counterintuitive, given the headline macroeconomic backdrop, has been the levels to which the containership charter market has been able to reach in Q4 2020,” Kent said. Read more in Splash!
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Norway sets out green shipping policies and budget
During this session, Maritime Strategies International senior offshore analyst Dr Ferenc Pasztor outlined the current status and outlook for green fuels in the European shipping industry. Read more here
Shipping: Mixed blessing of early vaccine
Speaking from London at the sister seminar, MSI managing director Dr Adam Kent cautioned against predictions that the recovery from the pandemic will mirror that from the global financial crisis in 2007-2008. Read more here
IMO needs to fill glaring holes in CO2 rules for shipping, analysts say
Drewry, MSI and London energy institute all highly critical of new global regulation that leave details blank. Read more in TradeWinds
Foresight: Forecasting the Shipbuilding markets in the New Normal
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!
S&P Deal Book: Celsius Shipping offloads duo; Minerva sells another aframax
Read more in TradeWinds
South Korea cuts further shipbuilding capacity as order slump continues
Is vessel construction becoming a sunset industry in South Korea? Read more in TradeWinds
Trio of Xihe product tankers find buyers as sell-off continues
Product carriers among vessels that Xihe Holdings’ judicial manager has put up for sale. Read more in TradeWinds
What the battle for the White House means for global shipping
With the US election just six days away, we asked Dr Adam Kent, managing director of Maritime Strategies International, for his take on the ramifications of the result for international shipping. Read more in Splash247
MSI Oil Tanker Webinar
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