Price Trends

Q2 2026 ship demand is being shaped less by one clean macro trend and more by friction. Rerouting, chokepoint disruption, sanctions screening, and energy price volatility are changing voyage time…

The old cycle logic has been getting stress-tested hard. In recent weeks, tanker charter rates have surged, secondhand tanker values have stayed very firm, and public owners have shown they…

Secondhand values often move when spot rates are flat, and sometimes stay firm even as headlines turn negative. The reason is simple: buyers price the next few years of cash…

Fleet renewal is rarely about calling the market top or bottom. It is about stacking small edges: pricing relative to replacement cost, financing friction, regulatory capex timing, and whether your…

Family-controlled fleets and private equity backed platforms are often competing for the same ships in today’s sale and purchase market, but they are not playing the same game. Traditional family…