2024 Shipping Market Highlights & Trends

2024 has been defined by significant activity across the maritime industry, with ongoing trends in newbuildings, sale and purchase transactions, and demolition levels defining the year. These dynamics have influenced the operational landscape, highlighting shifts in supply-demand balance, fleet modernization, and regulatory pressures.    Our End-of-Year Market Report is produced each year by Veson Nautical’s Maritime …

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Shipping Market Outlook: Q1 2025 Forecast

Overview The Houthi attacks in the Bab Al Mandeb strait and the subsequent re-routing around the capes has supported all the different shipping markets segments to varying degrees. The highly unpredictable nature of the Houthis creates a lot of uncertainty, as a sudden cessation of attacks carries a lot of downside risk for shipping, while …

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2024 Shipping Market Highlights & Trends

2024 has been defined by significant activity across the maritime industry, with ongoing trends in newbuildings, sale and purchase transactions, and demolition levels defining the year. These dynamics have influenced the operational landscape, highlighting shifts in supply-demand balance, fleet modernization, and regulatory pressures.    Our End-of-Year Market Report is produced each year by Veson Nautical’s Maritime …

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Bears Starting to Roar in the Car Carrier Market

Bearish sentiment crept into the car carrier market in June after the European Union (EU) announced increased import tariffs for Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) up to as much as 45.3%. The EU tariffs, which came into play in November for a period of five years and were increased following an investigation into Chinese state subsidies …

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How Timeseries is Turning Maritime Data into Successful Market Decisions

Today’s shipping market is always evolving, from geopolitical tensions to sustainability initiatives, making it critical that stakeholders can effectively organize the high influx of maritime data. Timeseries equips owner-operators, financiers, and brokers with the real time and historical data they need to derive actionable insights and stay ahead of this ever-changing landscape. Drawing on the …

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Explore Fleet Database: Your Customizable Market Dataset

Fleet Database contains hundreds of search conditions, such as vessel specifications, valuations, eight tiers of ownership, and green information—proving its critical role in helping you stay up to date on the market. This comprehensive catalogue further solidifies its value by allowing users to research individual vessels, search and compare specifications, and build custom queries with …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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