Decks and Deals Weekly #52
During 3–9 October 2026, shipping markets priced scarce tanker capacity, discounted container space and exposed the distance between an impressive freight assessment and a bankable return
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Decks and Deals Weekly #51
During 26 September–2 October 2026, shipping markets rewarded control of vessels, contracts and access. Cargo recovery brought fresh opportunities, but the gains depended on who could actually deliver
Posidonia 2026: six questions following shipping executives through Athens
Athens, June 1–5, 2026. Forty thousand shipping professionals converge on Posidonia 2026, the largest edition in the event’s history. The panels are packed. The orderbooks are fuller. And the mood, curiously, is something short of euphoric
Hormuz closed. Frankfurt tightens. Who pays the ECB rate hike bill?
Yannis Stournaras says he wishes the ECB did not have to act. It probably will anyway — and European shipping will absorb costs it neither created nor controls