Tag: MSI

MSI has issued a positive on the near-term outlook for Capesize spot earnings, partly driven by the latest data for Chinese steel and iron ore import demand. However this support is not expected to wane in Q2/Q3 and they are still mindful of large port stockpiles of iron ore and evidently more negative than the FFA market for June and September periods.

Marine Safety Investigation (MSI) of Malta issued a simplified investigation report on an accident, that happened during Cielo di Tocopilla, a register bulk carrier, was loading steel products in the port of Ilo, Peru and the whiplash of the mooring rope section struck a bosun on his right leg.

Maritime Strategies International says that sentiment in the containership markets is palpably shifting and, on the back of the Q1 2017 optimism, a roadmap to headier rates and earnings might take the following course.

MSI reports that almost two months into 2017, the liner sector finds itself in positive territory. Both demand, supply and earnings have started the year in healthy shape and MSI expects the sector to move into the next quarter with a reinforcement of this encouraging trend.

Maritime Strategies International is bringing increased transparency to current and future asset valuations in the offshore vessel sector extending its online valuation tool, FMV, to cover the OSV sector at a time when many owners and their lenders are working to agree long term restructuring plans.

MSI has forecast a limited winter upturn for the crude tanker market but has cautioned on short and medium term threats. Therefore, expectations of a relatively muted winter upturn remain intact but policy decisions are looming large, according to MSI Senior Analyst Tim Smith.

Maritime Strategies International (MSI) has forecast a stormy road to recovery for the shipping industry, with uneven supply/demand trends set to test the nerve of investors and operators.

According to MSI iron ore's trade rise, higher steel prices and increased scrapping contributed to recent improvements.However the outlook is fragile.Today, the latest Dry Bulk Freight Forecaster from Maritime Strategies International* analyses the recent uptick in the Capesize market and considers the positive trends and mitigating factors.