Dr. Stavros Karamperidis, Associate Professor of Maritime Economics and Head of the Maritime Transport Research Group, analyses how escalating tensions in the Gulf could disrupt shipping markets, energy flows, and global supply chains
Rethinking power, risk, and signal in the modern tanker market, this essay explores how perception, positioning, and reflexivity now shape freight behavior beyond traditional supply-and-demand logic
A subtle but profound shift is redefining commercial power in shipping, elevating the owner’s home-broker from transactional intermediary to strategic advisor shaping risk, timing, and earnings quality
Dry bulk sentiment strengthened sharply during the week ending 28 November 2025 as Capesizes led a broad market rally, driving the Baltic Dry Index higher and lifting rates across all major vessel segments
Drawing on data from the week ending 21 November 2025, this report captures the steady yet subtly shifting dynamics in the Handy and Ultramax markets, where regional micro-currents shaped sentiment and strategy
Despite geopolitical friction, inflation, and weak bulk demand, global freight rates are rewriting the script. Containers surge, dry bulk sinks, and the second half of 2025 promises turbulence, not tranquility, across maritime trade