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Summer outlook 2018
In our latest Quarterly Outlook series, we highlight the most significant risks in the main market sectors for the coming year. Read the previous outlook 2018 series here.
The power of externalities
With strong supply-demand signals, external factors such as Washington’s policy preferences have become the strongest risks to shipping markets
Five risks to check: LNG shipping
Bullishness is justified for the most part, but trade risks and supply worries could prove obstacles
Five risks to check: LPG shipping
Owners face obstacles on the journey to freight recovery as trade growth remains lacklustre
Five risks to check: Product tankers
Crunch time for owners as newbuilding interest has recovered even before product restocking occurs
Quarterly Outlook: Regulation
A year and a half before the sulphur cap, attention needs to focus on enforcement
Quarterly Outlook: Law
New rulings on the Hague Rules and time-barring of claims for awaiting orders could have profound implications in future shipping operations
Five risks to check: Container shipping
Oversupply worries persists with large newbuilding tonnage, while high bunker bills erode earnings of carriers
Five risks to check: Dry bulk shipping
Trade tensions, Chinese policies and supply disruptions may continue to affect market landscape even as fleet growth remains low
Five risks to check: Crude tankers
The down cycle has turned out longer and deeper than originally thought amid oversupply of tonnage
Five risks to check: Ship finance
Regulation and higher interest rates are resulting in more risks for owners and lenders despite freight market recovery
Quarterly Outlook: Insurance
Blockchain and broker consolidation in London may bring changes to the marine insurance industry in the coming quarters
Latest From Market Outlooks
Pandemic fallout delays vessel deliveries and limits new orders
The total number of ships delivered in 2020 is expected to increase compared with last year, but a high number of deliveries will be delayed to 2021 and cancellations are increasing
Tankers facing wild ride as global depression looms
Opec cartel navigating geopolitical and economic icebergs as oil market rebalances over 2020’s second half
With all hopes pinned on China, the new normal looks very familiar
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed shipping market weaknesses, yet resilience within each sector reveals an industry inching its way towards new solutions
Shipping's green push faces virtual halt
The coronavirus disruption means major decisions have been put off or delayed — and the rest of the year is unlikely to change that
Trade imbalances smother LPG sector
Freight rates to remain at depressed levels in the second half of the year
Are shipping’s banks finally coming back?
Shipping’s comparative resilience in the face of the coronavirus pandemic could help it gain more confidence among financiers who are used to seeing other businesses as a safer bet
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