LNG Market Overview

Great action and movement seem to be happening in the Liquefied Natural Gas field.

Alexander S Onassis Foundation Gaslogged In

GasLog Ltd. (GLOG) owns, operates, and manages vessels in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market worldwide. It provides maritime services for the transportation of LNG and LNG vessel management services. GasLog’s fleet include 18 wholly-owned LNG carriers, including eleven ships in operation and seven LNG carriers on order.

Costamare's performance and Container shipping market

Costamare (CMRE) Inc. owns and charters containerships to liner companies worldwide. As of January 27, 2014, it had a fleet of 67 containerships with a total capacity of approximately 438,000 TEU.   

Tanker Market, Three month overview

Knotty seems to be the tanker market, since there is a controversy between market data and investor’s attitude.

Upward trend appear to show imports of crude oil in China, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics while on the other side of the Pacific, EIA (Energy Information Agency) and DOE (Department of Energy) expect U.S. to produce more oil in 2013 as drilling activities remain high, which means that more domestic oil will be used from U.S. refiners hence the reduced imports, negative for tankers operators.

Euronav NV's three month performance and tanker market

Euronav NV “EURN:BB” is an integrated owner, operator and manager able to provide complete shipping services in addition to the carriage of crude oil on its fleet of modern large tankers.

Euronav NV’s shares jumped 103,16% within three months. (21/10/2013-20/01/2014)