
pack. Traders attribute the strong move to a momentum swing after the Baltic Dry Index finally pulled out of its death spiral earlier this year. Gainers: OSG +8.3% , SFL +5.7% , DRYS +5.9% , PRGN +4.2% . Post your comment!
By Alex Shadunsky : Overview Baltic Trading is a dry bulk shipper controlled by Genco Shipping & Trading ( GNK ). The company was formed by Peter Georgiopolous in late 2009, who also founded GNK and the recently-bankrupt General Maritime. Unlike most shipping companies that focus on long-term ...
increasing cash problems at the company casts a dark cloud over the sector - pressuring the shares of rivals lower on similar financial and tanker rate worries: FRO -14.7% , GNK -4.1% , PRGN -4.6% , DRYS -3.5% . Post your comment!
pushes vessel rates higher . Cantor Fitzgerald's shipping analyst chips in, saying a good tape and a strong Baltic Cape Index are supporting the rally. Gainers: EXM +12.4% , DRYS +4.2% , GNK +6.8% , PRGN +8% . 2 comments!
listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Transportation Average moving higher . Not getting left out of the party are shipping stocks ( SEA +2.2% ), led by OSG +9.2% , PRGN +4.2% , FRO +3.6% and DRYS +2.8% . Post your comment!
little downtrodden to investors after a harsh 71% cut on the price target for Frontline ( FRO +15.2% ) by FBR Capital rocked firms yesterday. Gainers in the sector include: OSG +4.8% , DRYS +3% , PRGN +4.8% . Post your comment!
kick in to pressure profits. Analysts at Deutsche and Jefferies add to the negative mix with sector downgrades . Select shipping stocks faltering: OSG -6.1% DRYS -4.2% NM -5.8% PRGN -3.6% DSX -1.9% . Post your comment!
Glen Bradford submits: Greece wouldn't be in so much trouble if it weren't for the oversupply of shipping capacity and the overcapacity of shipbuilding production -- on a global scale. China has an insatiable appetite for acquiring more industrial commodities than it can put to use using a positive
The dry bulk market is still depressed after the global financial crisis. Too many ships are on order, there are too few demolitions, there’s too little growth in demand relative to supply and there's a fragmented market. I am not ready to say that the worst is behind us but in the long term I ...
1. Egypt situation We have all seen the pictures of demonstrations in Egypt and regime change in Tunisia. The question for investors now is the following: Will Egypt be the next domino, or will Mr. Mubarak somehow find a way to stay in power in the near-term? What will happen before we know what ...