A continued newbuilding boom in 2025 sees shipyards with the third largest orderbook ever, can momentum be sustained in 2026?

In the fifth, and final, part of our shipping market outlook series we are focusing on the shipbuilding sector with Maritime Strategies International (MSI) Managing Director Adam Kent.

Speaking to the Seatrade Maritime Podcast he says 2025 was the fifth year of a sustained ordering boom with 90 million gt of vessels ordered last year.

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The tanker market goes into 2026 on strong footing against a complex geopolitical back drop, rising production, and fleet growth

In the fourth part of our shipping market outlook series we are focusing on the tanker sector with Maritime Strategies International (MSI) Analyst Tim Smith.

Speaking to the Seatrade Maritime Podcast Smith says that the tanker sector is coming into 2026 on a very strong footing.

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Dry bulk shipping went into 2026 in stronger than expected position, but will the market hold up?

In the third part of our shipping market outlook series, we are focusing on the dry bulk sector with Will Fray, a Director of Maritime Strategies International (MSI).

Speaking about the dry bulk market in 2025 to the Seatrade Maritime Podcast resilience is the word that Will uses.

By this he means resilience to various external factors such as tariffs and the now suspended USTR port fees on Chinese built and owned vessels and on fundamental basis that the fleet grew by 3% but demand only grew by 0.5% in terms on tonnes traded. “So, it's quite remarkable that dry bulk earnings only fell by around 10% year on year,” he says.

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