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Jan 132 min read
Transformation of the Chinese Economy
China’s economic slowdown has significant implications for global markets, particularly shipping. Recent reports of prominent Chinese...
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Dec 19, 20244 min read
Looking Back at 2024: Navigating a Year of Surprises and Shifts
As 2024 comes to a close, Jan Fraser Jenkins sat down with Arlie Sterling, President of Marsoft, to reflect on the year’s most...
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Nov 26, 20241 min read
“Investment Truths in Shipping & Current Market Trends” at Marine Money Academy
Ryan Uljua gave a presentation at the Marine Money Academy held in conjunction with the 2024 Ship Finance Forum in New York last week,...
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Sep 23, 20244 min read
Containership Markets: Of geopolitical events, profit windfalls, and the time-old goal of capacity expansion
By Costas Bardjis Increasingly, it seems that unanticipated events are becoming the norm in shipping. Placing the words “unanticipated”...
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Dec 20, 20233 min read
Marsoft Comments on the Current Events in the Red Sea
December 19th, 2023 Maersk, Hapag Lloyd, MSC, CMA CGM, Yang Ming and HMM have announced that they are suspending shipping through the Red...
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Mar 27, 20235 min read
Truths and Misconceptions – in the Aftermath of the Market Boom Cycle
Our 23Q1 Containership report is out now. Below, Costas Bardjis reflects on some of the key points from the report. Following two years...
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Mar 16, 20232 min read
EEDI Phase 3 – New Features for Flagship
Fleet sustainability and a greener future for all is top of mind for Marsoft, and we strive to accurately reflect the value of energy...
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Sep 27, 20225 min read
Current economic risks and their likely impact on shipping
It has been a long while since global economic developments were the common denominator explaining the rise and fall of all major...
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Aug 23, 20222 min read
Marsoft's 22Q3 Update
Things are changing fast in some of the major shipping sectors. Our quarterly reports discuss fundamentals in detail and provide...
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Mar 4, 20221 min read
MARSOFT WEBINAR MARCH 4th 2022
Marsoft’s Q1 22 Release was published just before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Consequently our analysts felt it imperative that...
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Dec 20, 20212 min read
2022 could see a reversal in fortunes
The shipping markets have taken owners on a wild ride in 2021. Containership rates have been soaring for a while now, and while they...
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Nov 5, 20211 min read
Marine Money NYC – 2021 New York Ship Finance Forum 9.25 – 9.50 EST 18th November
Dr Arlie Sterling, President of Marsoft, will give the opening presentation: GLOBAL TRADE IN A CHANGING WORLD – IMPACT ON SHIPPING...
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Sep 28, 20211 min read
Implications of ongoing energy crisis on shipping
We gathered our team of analysts to give their views on the implications of the ongoing energy crisis in Europe and Asia. We are...
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Sep 17, 20216 min read
Super-cycle? What drives the containership markets?
A seeming paradox: Fleet capacity expands faster than trade volumes during the 2019-2021 period and yet there are not enough ships to...
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Mar 26, 20213 min read
A SURPRISINGLY STRONG TRADE RECOVERY
A surprisingly strong trade recovery has caught manufacturers, shippers, port authorities, intermodal providers (rail and truck...
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Mar 25, 20212 min read
Suez Canal Blockage Update
Arlie Sterling, President of Marsoft observes: Most shipping experts believe that the Evergreen ship now blocking the Suez Canal will...
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Aug 19, 20201 min read
LINER INDUSTRY’S MOST PROFITABLE PERFORMANCE IN SEVERAL YEARS
It took the worst global economic crisis we have seen in over a century for the liner industry to report its most profitable...
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