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Contributions
Can money still be made in shipping by flipping ships?
Unlike other capital assets whose value depreciates over the economic life of the asset, ships are known to appreciate in…
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Containers
A forgettable year is our best hope
By all accounts, 2017 was a forgettable year for shipping – which it may be the best characterisation the industry…
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Issuing shares helps loosen the shipping finance conundrum
While most of the debate in shipping is focused on any recovery of the freight markets, the small world of…
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Containers
The asset appreciation play has yet to leave port
The so-called ‘asset play’ investment strategy, buying low and selling high, is a well-known way of generating outstanding profits in…
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Contributions
Credit is due to shipping finance
The freight market has been disappointing recently, for dry bulk, tankers and containerships, while asset prices too have been on…
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Containers
New market landscape to question commodity shipping
In a recent article on this site, a debate was initiated on whether shipping is a ‘commoditised’ business. We define…
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Offshore
A Thanksgiving for shipping
The shipping industry, whether for dry bulk, tankers, containerships or offshore, has ridden a monumental wave in 2016, a wave…
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Containers
Holy scrap!
When one wants to express strong astonishment, ‘Holy mackerel!’ is a nautical expression that does the trick well. We heard…
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Asia
Hanjin’s longest voyage yet
“Time is the longest distance between two places,” concludes the Tennessee Williams’ character at the end of the play The…
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Where’s the growth in trade?
With the dry bulk freight market limited to bouncing along the bottom for now, most of the resources – when…
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Canaries in a coalmine
With the dry bulk freight market so low for so long, half of the world’s dry bulk shipowners are trying…
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