
Market Chat: Week 12
Capesizes values jump by 16% Since the start of March, Capesize values have surged across all age categories, but modern tonnage has seen the largest increase. These include values for 180,000 DWT vessels rising by c. 16.38% from USD 53.05 mil to USD 61.74 mil, the highest levels since August 2022. Tomini’s purchase from Mangrove …

Market Chat: Week 12
Capesizes values jump by 16% Since the start of March, Capesize values have surged across all age categories, but modern tonnage has seen the largest increase. These include values for 180,000 DWT vessels rising by c. 16.38% from USD 53.05 mil to USD 61.74 mil, the highest levels since August 2022. Tomini’s purchase from Mangrove …

Market Chat: Weeks 10 and 11
Russian LNG Exports to Europe Remain High Russian LNG exports to Europe remained at very high levels in February at 3.6 million CBM, following a 13 month high in January of 4.1 million CBM. Last month, Belgium imported the largest amount of Russian LNG, accounting for 38% of imports to the EU, while Spain ranked …

Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII): Global Fleet Impact Assessment
Introduction Ahead of the Capital Link Annual International Shipping Forum in New York, we assessed the impact of Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) on the global fleet using VesselsValue data. CII is becoming increasingly influential in the sale and purchase market. At the moment, this is primarily manifesting in the liquidity of vessels. Those vessels operating …

Analysing the South Korean Commercial Passenger Fleet
Ahead of the Airline Economics Growth Frontier conference in Seoul, we analysed the development in the South Korean fleet and related aircraft values using VV Aviation data. Boeing 737-800 (10 year old) The Boeing 737-800 is the workhorse of the Korean fleet, accounting for one quarter of aircraft registered in South Korea. Although it is …

An Overview of the Irish Commercial Passenger Fleet
To mark the start of Airline Economics Growth Frontiers conference in Dublin next week, we have provided an overview of the Irish Commercial Passenger fleet using VV Aviation data. As the major hub for aircraft leasing, Ireland is home to a large number of aircraft owners who deploy their aircraft across the globe. This can …

Aviation and Shipping: So Close, Yet So Far
Introduction Following the recent release of VV Aviation as a new VesselsValue brand, we revisit our comparative piece on Vessels versus Aircraft, to highlight the similarities and differences once again between the two asset types. Firstly, we compare the value changes since January 2020 for one of the largest common types of Bulker (Capesize) and …

VesselsValue Announces the Rebrand of ViaMar
Global valuation and data provider, VesselsValue, announces the rebrand of recently acquired Shipping data and consultancy firm, ViaMar, and welcomes new ViaMar Managing Director, Martin Kjendlie. The ViaMar rebrand reflects the ongoing synergies between both companies, as well as illustrating VesselsValue’s continued investment in and expansion of its Maritime data services and offering for their …

Introducing Aviation
New for the Aviation industry, introducing daily updated aircraft specific values. Since our launch in 2011, our mission has been to bring transparency, objectivity and innovation to opaque valuation and information markets. For the last decade, we have been committed to helping you, our clients in the Shipping community improve your businesses, save time and …

Richard Rivlin, CEO of VesselsValue, Answers Our Questions
To mark VesselsValue’s 10th anniversary we interviewed Richard Rivlin, our Founder and CEO to learn more about how he has grown the company and his plans for the future. Q: How many are you at VesselsValue? From the initial team of 10 when we launched in 2011, we have now grown to 170 people operating …

Building a Compelling Company Culture at VesselsValue
The Last Decade The Company’s recent milestone birthday has naturally prompted many of us at VesselsValue to reflect and look back over the past ten years. As someone who has been here since the beginning, watching VV grow, develop, and succeed has been an exciting and satisfying journey. Overall, most memories are fond, and every …

VV Interns: A Week in the Life of Christian Acheampong
This summer, before starting his first year at university, Christian Acheampong joined our Design department as an intern. Read on to find out how he found the experience. “For the past 6 weeks, I’ve been working in the design team in the VV London office. As I am a student transitioning to university, working with …