There’s still too much oil in the world and tankers are still filling up with the overflow.

No letup yet: It’s taking even longer for Asian exports to get across Pacific to American buyers.

The drop in ships waiting off Southern California is deceiving. The number of ships off all three coasts is back to all-time highs.

Diamond S boss sees tanker-market “trough” on the horizon.

Tanker investors have been disappointed before. Is the current stock pullback a bump in the road or something more?

Public tanker owners post impressive earnings on an ugly day for tanker stocks.

There has never been a better time to own container ships and lease them to liners. But some owners are selling ships and cashing out.

Container-ship route diversions — first to avoid the Panama Canal, now to avoid Red Sea chaos — could help offset rate pressure from newbuilding deliveries.

Are larger funds now heading for the exits and giving up on tanker stocks?

The key question for container shipping rates: How soon can Operation Prosperity Guardian woo traffic back to the Red Sea?

Rates expected to remain strong into 2022, fallout from new ship deliveries in 2023-2024 to be muted.

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Hapag-Lloyd bookings point to a gradual unwind of the container shipping boom, not a crash.

A flood of tanks, military vehicles and weapons systems is flowing from the U.S. to Europe. Shipowner ARC plays a pivotal transport role.

Maersk, the world’s largest container carrier, just reported record quarterly results. And its next quarter looks even better.

Imports to Europe and the U.S. East Coast face heavy delays as Operation Prosperity Guardian fails to bring shipping back to the Red Sea.

More Western tankers are jumping into the Russian trade — legally, under the price cap — to pocket big freight premiums.

May was one of the busiest months in history for the container ports of Long Beach and Charleston.

New disclosures by lines point to massive ocean-carrier profits in the second quarter.

After brief reprieve, trans-Pacific shipping rates head back up, pointing to ongoing supply chain pressure.

Container spot rates spiked again, with new records set. For importers, the worst is yet to come.

Ship-position data shows a fleet of LNG carriers en route to Europe amid scramble to bolster energy supply.

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The cost of the fuel consumed by the world’s commercial ships has skyrocketed — and it’s still rising.

SoCal imports suffering multimonth slide, not because of falling demand, but because of supply chain bottlenecks.

Tanker owners increasingly point to upside to come after floating storage unloads.

Maersk expands air business after earning more in a single quarter than in any prior full year.

New data reveals just how far ship orders have sunk. The fewer ships ordered, the higher future rates could climb.

In the second quarter, new highs were set for Cosco profits, OOCL revenue per container, and Evergreen operating revenues.

There are now more container ships waiting off East and Gulf Coast ports than there are off Los Angeles/Long Beach.

Sanctions on Russian crude exports have yet to boost tanker rates. Some question whether sanctions on Russian diesel will either.

U.S.-listed tanker stocks boast double-digit gains on historically awful day for crude-oil pricing.

Investors have been burned for years by dilutive share offerings by micro-cap shipowners. Backlash is building.

Zim lost $213 million in the second quarter. Will rising trans-Pacific spot rates help it reverse course in the third?

More public shipping companies go private as IPOs remain rare. Here's why exits outpace new listings.

The debate heats up on whether this is the beginning of the end of container shipping’s bull run.

How could the consensus — that container spot rates will remain extremely high — be wrong?

As the world reels from coronavirus, crude-tanker owners are raking in massive returns.

Freight forwarder will pay “absolute historic high” to secure container ship as “people are panicking” amid “out of control” market.

Carrier profits are reaching previously unimaginable heights as supply chain disruptions supercharge gains.

Tanker shares fall back as crude-oil prices surge. What comes next?

The number of container ships waiting off Los Angeles/Long Beach recently sank to 25, the lowest tally since July 2021.

Capesize bulkers haven’t earned this much since 2009, and freight futures just made “monstrous” move up.

Tanker rates haven’t been this strong at this time of year for a half-decade. Here's a look at what's driving supertanker rates this summer.

As America struggles with a growing supply chain crisis, ocean carriers rake in even more profits.

M&A is being blocked by weak share pricing among buyers and lack of desperation among sellers.

Dry bulk shipping rates are now double to triple five-year averages. Stock prices of dry bulk owners are on the ascent.

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Ships could be idled as thousands of seafarers refuse contract extensions.

The situation for importers is getting even more dire. Already extreme container rates are ascending to even higher peaks.

Container, dry bulk and tanker stocks push forward. Biggest winner since mid-2020: Danaos, up (this is not a typo) 1,202%.

Sequel to “The Shipping Man” asks whether ESG will kill the old-school style of traditional shipowners.

Container mega-spike recalls epic dry bulk run over a decade ago. Here’s a look back at the last time shipping had it this good.

Why are share prices and tanker freight rates going in opposite directions?

Container giant earned $5.1 billion in the second quarter and expects earnings of $18 billion-$19.5 billion for the year.

Extreme measures to contain delta variant create unprecedented backlog of dry bulk ships off China.

East Coast gasoline inventories are alarmingly low. Gasoline imports from Europe could help but may not be enough to fill the gap.

A small number of non-U.S. entities determine vessel and container levels for U.S. ocean supply chains.

U.S. agribulk exports to Asia are taking the longer route via the Suez Canal due to Panama transit restrictions.

For bulk commodity shipping, a rough start to the year. For container shipping, the profit bonanza continues.

Europe faced a potentially disastrous energy shortage after war broke out. LNG shipping played a vital role in limiting the fallout.

Tanker stocks are proving to be a shelter from the Wall Street storm as demand grows for ships that transport oil and natural gas.

Why are share prices and tanker freight rates going in opposite directions?

It looks increasingly likely that war-driven changes to global crude flows will persist for an extended period.

Rates for smaller bulkers remain at decade highs with most dry bulk stocks up triple digits since November.

Spot container rates for U.S.-bound cargoes are falling fast, yet import numbers at U.S. ports remain near their peak.

Cosco and MSC fight back against accusations that they inflated rates, violated contracts and broke U.S. law.