War in Israel: The new geopolitical flashpoint for ocean shipping

Wars and pandemics — geopolitical and global health crises causing widespread suffering and death — have the side effect of hiking profits in certain industries. Wars inflate returns for defense contractors. The pandemic was a bonanza for certain pharmaceutical companies.

Shipowners have profited from both. Container-line owners made fortunes during COVID. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine buoyed rates for tanker companies.

Now there’s a new geopolitical crisis — the Israel-Hamas war in response to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/war-in-israel-the-new-geopolitical-flashpoint-for-ocean-shipping

Scorpio Tankers Announces Sale Of An MR Product Tanker

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Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE:STNG) (“Scorpio Tankers,” or the “Company”) announced the sale of the 2013 built MR product tanker, STI Ville, for $32.5 million in July 2023.  As the vessel is unencumbered, the Company will make no debt repayments associated with this sale.  

Forward Looking Statements

Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward‐looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections...

https://mfame.guru/scorpio-tankers-announces-sale-of-an-mr-product-tanker/

Scorpio Tankers: Ενεργοποίηση option για πέντε πλοία και επαναγορά μετοχών

Την ενεργοποίηση option για την αγορά πέντε δεξαμενόπλοιων ανακοίνωσε η Scorpio Tankers.

H εταιρεία θα αποκτήσει δύο MR product tankers ναυπηγημένα το 2020 («STI Mighty» και «STI Maestro») και τρία MR product tankers ναυπηγημένα το 2019 («STI Modest», «STI Maverick» και «STI Millennia»). Tα πέντε MR tankers θα προστεθούν στον στόλο της Scorpio τον ερχόμενο Ιούλιο.

Την ίδια ώρα, η εισηγμένη στο Χρηματιστήριο της Νέας Υόρκης εταιρεία προχώρησε στην επαναγορά 2.009.179 κοινών μετοχών με μέση τιμή...

https://www.naftikachronika.gr/2023/05/14/scorpio-tankers-energopoiisi-option-gia-pente-ploia-kai-epanagora-metochon/

Shipping stock sell-off: Shares down double digits since March

chart showing shipping stock prices

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Look at virtually any stock chart in any ocean shipping sector and you’ll see a similar pattern....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shipping-stock-sell-off-battered-shares-down-double-digits-since-march

As oil tumbles, marine fuel gets cheaper — and so do tanker stocks

chart of marine fuel prices

Russia — one of the world’s top energy providers — is mired in war. The OPEC cartel is cutting production. And yet, oil prices continue to tumble, weighed by global recession fears and concerns on Chinese demand.

For ocean shipping, this translates into cheaper marine fuel costs, a positive for operating margins, and much narrower fuel spreads, a negative for owners of vessels with exhaust gas scrubbers.

For listed tanker owners, the drop in oil prices is coinciding with faltering sentiment and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/as-oil-tumbles-marine-fuel-gets-cheaper-and-so-do-tanker-stocks

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