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The Purple People Eater – Tight Tanker Supply Sends Shipping Costs to Frightening Heights

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This report is about tanker shipping and transport and logistics. Names like FRO and DHT typically gain because frontline (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF+38.2% 18d

    Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF: it tracks tanker freight rates. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • IYT iShares U.S. Transportation ETF

    iShares U.S. Transportation ETF: it holds transport and logistics firms. Linked by “shipping costs” (transport and logistics) in this story.

  • FRO Frontline+0.2% 30d

    Frontline (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • DHT DHT Holdings

    DHT Holdings (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • INSW International Seaways+1.3% 8d

    International Seaways (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • TNK Teekay Tankers

    Teekay Tankers (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services+1.3% 30d

    ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “shipping” (container shipping) in this story.

  • MATX Matson-5.7% 9d

    Matson (water transportation): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “shipping” (container shipping) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
BWETNo price data for this ticker———————
IYTNo price data for this ticker———————
FRO-7.71%-0.56%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
DHT-1.31%+0.55%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
INSW-2.92%+1.80%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
TNK-4.03%+1.71%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
ZIM-2.06%-0.44%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
MATX-0.28%+0.49%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

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The Purple People Eater – Tight Tanker Supply Sends Shipping Costs to Frightening Heights RBN Energy

Source: RBN Energy

Energy

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
DHTthree days earlier+0.55%final price
DHTfive days earlier-1.31%final price
FROthree days earlier-0.56%final price
FROfive days earlier-7.71%final price
INSWthree days earlier+1.80%final price
INSWfive days earlier-2.92%final price
MATXthree days earlier+0.49%final price
MATXfive days earlier-0.28%final price
TNKthree days earlier+1.71%final price
TNKfive days earlier-4.03%final price
ZIMthree days earlier-0.44%final price
ZIMfive days earlier-2.06%final price

How solid the energy case looks

12 out of 100

“The Purple People Eater – Tight Tanker Supply Sends Shipping Costs to Frightening Heights” scores 12 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources.