Splash Extra
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Amazon reshapes transpacific trade flows
Amazon.com, America’s top e-commerce company, is rapidly but quietly reshaping tradeflows on the transpacific, becoming a discreet top 10 non-vessel-operating…
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What to look out for as shipping becomes sexy again
It was around the middle of 2006 that I finally got tired of shipping’s last supercycle. As a daily reporter…
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April 2021 Review
The Joe Biden administration outlined a 180-degree turn on the environment, seeking international collaboration and making ambitious national greenhouse gas…
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Dry bulk turnaround
There’s plenty to celebrate right here, right now, but also something to think about for the months to come and…
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Tanker owners with empty pockets
Recalling this time of year only 12 months ago brings wide smiles to everyone’s face in the oil tanker business.…
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Box rates jump! How high?
For the first time in decades containerisation is in reversal. As shippers scramble to secure empty containers for their goods…
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Analyst Abstract
Dry Bulk Capes returned to their traditional spot at the top of the dry bulk earnings podium this month in…
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Rallying across the board
Splash Extra’s prescient cover story last month was on how secondhand prices were soaring. In April they rocketed. Based on…
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Carbon credits: kicking the can down the road or a viable interim solution?
As the push for net zero emissions by 2050 continues, the shipping industry is witnessing an increased demand for carbon…
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Super brokers
In a way the pandemic has been a bit of a blessing to John Hahn and his team at the…
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Some clarity amidst the carbon confusion
It’s been a busy few weeks in the world of combatting climate change. Top of the list was the meeting…
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Secondhand prices soar
Following an abnormally strong start for the year for rates in the containership and dry bulk sectors, prices for secondhand…
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Does the Ever Given herald a peak in boxship sizes?
Boxships have just about quadrupled in size in terms of carrying capacity since China joined the World Trade Organization at…
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March 2021 Review
The 21st century version of the Suez crisis unfolded over the past eight days after the giant 20,388 teu Ever…
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At least they weren’t searching for a wifi signal
It is all about the Suez Canal right now, is it not? Even though the Ever Given was not seeking…
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What if it had been a VLCC aground in the canal?
It would be easier to understand if it had been a very large crude carrier that was stuck in the…
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Ever Given debacle adds to red-hot charter market
From the first images that went viral, it looked as if the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) had deployed a toy-sized…
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Analyst Abstract
Containers For this edition of Analyst Abstract we look at the fading of erstwhile workhorses of the industry, whether it…
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Blistering pace
Bulk carriers are a hot commodity and boxships have become incredibly sought after. March has been an extraordinary month for…
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