Weekly Briefing: Containers deal with Suez domino effect | Tankers pin hopes on US driving season | Capes continue to surge
Lloyd’s List’s weekly headline view of the stories shaping the key shipping markets
The shipping industry might be back to being ‘out of sight, out of mind’, but the domino effect of what happened on the Suez Canal at the end of March continues to dominate the markets’ agenda. While the dry bulk and container sectors are enjoying stellar earnings, spare a thought for the world’s tanker owners who have been steadfastly sifting through a plethora of economic and oil indicators over the past six months looking for any scrap of potential good news.