We explore the relationship between the returns of 64 dry bulk shipping company stocks’ prices and the main 15 commodities that bulk carriers transport. Using a principal component analysis to reduce the dimensionality of the commodities dataset and a panel estimator, we find that a change in...

This chapter concentrates on the US high-yield bond market as a source of finance for shipping companies. In particular, the anatomy of the US shipping high yield bond market is described in Section 21.2, and the advantages and disadvantages of high-yield bonds for shipping companies are...

Shipping is an industry that is highly geared towards international trade and therefore, would seem to be highly susceptible to fluctuations in macroeconomic factors. This article investigates the impact of exchange rates, interest rates and oil prices on stock returns of 143 shipping companies...