This will be a pivotal year for shipping investors. Things could go very right or very wrong even more so than usual. “It’s an exciting time for shipping from a macro perspective, but we’re in tricky markets,” warned Stifel analyst Ben Nolan during a panel discussion Wednesday presented by New York-based communications and advisory .
Equity analysts covering maritime companies can offer detailed analytics into individual company historical performance and future prospects, but can also provide invaluable insights on sentiment on the particular sectors, reflecting.
Should a public shipping company be a pure play owning just tankers, container ships, bulkers or gas carriers or should it do as the traditional private family shipowners do, and own a mixed fleet? The answer is important: It affects how attractive a shipping stock is to investors, and in the case of .