20 May 2025: This week we provide fleet performance indicators for the Crude Tanker, Product Tanker, and Dry Bulk vessel segments.

15 May 2025: Drewry’s new Intra-Asia Container Index, a weighted average of spot container freight rates, decreased 7% to $656 per 40ft container in the first half of May.

For the week ending 09 May 2025, Drewry Equity Indices exhibited mixed performance (vs S&P 500 down 0.5% and Russell 2000 up 0.1%).

12 May 2025: Crude tanker stocks have outperformed product tanker stocks YTD 2025 (as of 9 May 2025), with the Drewry Crude Tanker Equity Index up 10.9% vs. a 12.9% decline in the Drewry Product Tanker Equity Index. In this opinion piece, we decode the reason for divergence and include our views on what lies ahead.

07 May 2025: The proposed fee under the USTR framework could render China-owned and China-operated vessels redundant for US trade. This likely triggers a shift in port calls, with non-Chinese vessels continuing to serve US ports, while Chinese-operated or owned ships are redirected elsewhere.