European Short Sea

28 January 2026MSI

China’s demographic cliff: can shipping live without its golden growth engine?

The demographic sweetspot for China, the 21st century’s driving force of shipping profits, has long passed. This month, Beijing reported its steepest birth rate decline since the Communist Party took power in 1949. Splash Extra investigates what a dwindling population means for global shipping. Adam Kent, managing director at MSI, explains to Splash Extra that … Continue reading China’s demographic cliff: can shipping live without its golden growth engine? →

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12 May 2025MSI

New IMO fuel penalties could raise $1trn over a decade, MSI says

Consultancy’s new MSI SEASCAPE platform calculates that carbon levies will add 82% to bunker costs by 2035. Its new SEASCAPE market analysis, vessel performance and asset valuation platform crunched the numbers on new carbon levies proposed in April. Read more at TradeWinds.

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28 April 2025MSI

China’s Shipbuilding Dominance and Global Trade Competition in Context

With data for activity in the global shipbuilding industry now available for 2024, MSI’s Stuart Nicoll estimates that global newbuilding contracting for all ship types was 133m GT, with a more even spread among the main sectors than in recent years. Collation of the latest data couldn’t have been better timed, given the recent release … Continue reading China’s Shipbuilding Dominance and Global Trade Competition in Context →

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27 July 2022MSI

How global fleet dynamics will change with EEXI and CII

MSI believes that in most cases, owners will opt for either EPL or shaft power limitation (ShaPoLi). “It is understood to be a cost-effective, quick, and unobtrusive process that should not impede a vessel’s usual maintenance schedule and therefore will not absorb tonnage for the installation process over the coming months.” Read more MSI views … Continue reading How global fleet dynamics will change with EEXI and CII →

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3 May 2022MSI

MSI adds environmental benchmarking tool to HORIZON vessel data platform

MSI has added a new tool, Environmental Credentials, to its FMV output, enabling users to understand the performance of their vessels and fleets – and those of their competitors. The new service provides estimated ratings against the International Maritime Organization’s EEXI and CII regulations to 2026 and Annual Efficiency Ratios for 2020 and 2021 measured … Continue reading MSI adds environmental benchmarking tool to HORIZON vessel data platform →

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24 November 2021MSI

How EEXI and CII will impact the S&P market

Decarbonisation programmes set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), shipping’s regulatory body, will be one of the most difficult tasks for the industry in the coming years. This starts with the implementation of the EEXI, and CII criteria, all of which aim to reduce carbon intensity and will impact prices of the existing fleet. The … Continue reading How EEXI and CII will impact the S&P market →

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23 November 2021MSI

Weak dry bulk market is forecast for near term

While a weaker note may be expected in the near term, given sliding rates during the past few weeks, optimism abounds for a quick recovery. Read more in Lloyd’s List

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30 October 2020MSI

What the battle for the White House means for global shipping

With the US election just six days away, we asked Dr Adam Kent, managing director of Maritime Strategies International, for his take on the ramifications of the result for international shipping. Read more in Splash247

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28 September 2020MSI

MSI support Global Ship Lease with their ESG report

MSI is delighted to have provide input and support to Global Ship Lease (GSL) with the recent publication of their inaugural Environmental Social and Governances (ESG) report. The report can be downloaded in full here: Global Ship Lease ESG report 2020

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19 June 2020MSI

What Gets Measured Gets Managed: The Poseidon Principles and their Impact on the Shipping Industry

Read the article written by MSI Director James Frew here

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23 October 2019MSI

Break bulk markets squeezed by ports and alternative competitors

MSI’s Niklas Carlen discusses the versatility of MPP’s alongside the notion that break bulk is a shrinking market. It’s a battle for market share amongst ro-ro’s, box ship and dry bulk operators. Read more

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17 July 2019MSI

Carbon Carriers

The consequences for shipping markets of a major shift in energy consumption away from hydrocarbons and towards renewables and biofuels is the subject of a report prepared by MSI on behalf of the European Climate Foundation. MSI’s shipping market modelling systems were used to analyse how global fossil fuel demand reductions could alter inter-regional commodity … Continue reading Carbon Carriers →

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7 June 2019MSI

ABS Sets the Industry Course to Low Carbon Shipping

MSI are delighted to have worked together with ABS on its industry-shaping Low Carbon Shipping Outlook – a very important initiative! Read more

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22 February 2019MSI

Short term sunshine, longer term rain?

The shipping market is emerging into an upward trend cycle but is ever more impacted by external factors, argues Adam Kent Read more

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