Transport Sector, China and Asia-focused Research

Charles De Trenck

Equity Bottom-Up

Pacific Basin Shipping / Equity Bottom-Up

A boring passive ship owner stock like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/21069" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21069:1">Diana Shipping Inc (DSX US)</a>  exploded to the upside last week. There were some upgrades. And there were stories of Force Majeure in Australia affecting things like coal as a result of heavy rains. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/929" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:929:1">Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd (2343 HK)</a> also put out 1Q17 Trading Results, which point to break-even levels for the company. The stock jumped the day after the data release.<figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/023/924/original/Pac%20Basin%201%20Q17.PNG?1491779511" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="23924"></figure>Source: Pacific BasinIn fact, Pac Basin over-shot a little to the upside above HK$1.9 levels…

A boring passive ship owner stock like Diana Shipping Inc (DSX US)  exploded to the upside last week. There were some upgrades. And there were stories of Force Majeure in Australia affecting things like coal as a result of heavy rains. Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd (2343 HK) also put out 1Q17 Trading Results, which point to break-even levels for the company. The stock jumped the day after the data release.Source: Pacific BasinIn fact, Pac Basin over-shot a little to the upside above HK$1.9 levels…

A Breakthrough in Bulk Last Week – and Some of the Drivers

The 2-day 7% correction in oil managed to slaughter many cyclicals, from RIG, which had just gotten a big buy send-off from Barron’s two weeks ago, to transport names across the board. Containers, of course have little to do with oil price directly.  A little over a month ago, I had updated my generally negative view of last year on Seaspan. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/23596" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23596:1">Seaspan Corp. (SSW US)</a> had been, and is still, a leader in its field. But the negatives were that it had massively outperformed the sector while having its…

The 2-day 7% correction in oil managed to slaughter many cyclicals, from RIG, which had just gotten a big buy send-off from Barron’s two weeks ago, to transport names across the board. Containers, of course have little to do with oil price directly.  A little over a month ago, I had updated my generally negative view of last year on Seaspan. Seaspan Corp. (SSW US) had been, and is still, a leader in its field. But the negatives were that it had massively outperformed the sector while having its…

Oil Correction Drags Down Commodity Plays, Transports… and Takes Seaspan Back to Lows

Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector, Drewry Maritime Financial Research

Ankush Kathuria CFA, FRM

Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector

Maritime Sector, Equity & Credit Research

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

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DFRS Dry Bulk Shipping - Street Catching up to the Rally Now, Driven Solely by Momentum We were early buyers on the Dry Bulk sector upgrading the sector middle of last year. In our last year updates, we had said that recovery in dry bulk stocks will be led by investors accepting that there is indeed a sector normalization in play and sheer dislike and under-ownership will see the stocks gain and also provide a floor for the rally to build. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/dmer-dry-bulk-shipping-under-owned-normalization-leading-to-investor-sentiment-turning-bullish" target="_blank">https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/dmer-dry-bulk-shippi</a>…

DFRS Dry Bulk Shipping - Street Catching up to the Rally Now, Driven Solely by Momentum We were early buyers on the Dry Bulk sector upgrading the sector middle of last year. In our last year updates, we had said that recovery in dry bulk stocks will be led by investors accepting that there is indeed a sector normalization in play and sheer dislike and under-ownership will see the stocks gain and also provide a floor for the rally to build. https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/dmer-dry-bulk-shippi…

DFRS Dry Bulk Shipping - Street Catching up to the Rally Now, Driven Solely by Momentum

Orient Overseas International / Equity Bottom-Up

Don’t get me wrong. I still like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/801" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:801:1">Orient Overseas Intl Ltd (316 HK)</a>, OOIL/OOCL, as an operator long term. Always have. And I may come back at another price or time. But there are a few issues worth drawing out, now that analysts have gone gaga over shipping – including notably <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/286" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:286:1">China COSCO Holdings (H) (1919 HK)</a> which is at some 3x OOIL on a P/B and which still is not fit for long term investing. I list my reasons in selling OOIL in easy bullets further below.OOIL was at HK$30 when I bought and…

Don’t get me wrong. I still like Orient Overseas Intl Ltd (316 HK), OOIL/OOCL, as an operator long term. Always have. And I may come back at another price or time. But there are a few issues worth drawing out, now that analysts have gone gaga over shipping – including notably China COSCO Holdings (H) (1919 HK) which is at some 3x OOIL on a P/B and which still is not fit for long term investing. I list my reasons in selling OOIL in easy bullets further below.OOIL was at HK$30 when I bought and…

Why I Just Sold Orient Overseas (OOIL) At HK$45

Asia Ex-J Consumer/ Transport analyst

Valerie Law, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Extending my point about more demanding transportation frameworks going forward (see <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/comfortdelgro-fy16-results-an-era-where-competition-hits-a-higher-gear" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:8719">ComfortDelGro FY16 Results: An Era Where Competition Hits a Higher Gear</a> ), the recent fire-bomb attack on Hong Kong’s MTR that left 19 injured signals increasing costs for transport operators. This article presents another reason why investors should sell MTR Corp, on top of points already provided by fellow insight provider Sameer Taneja in an earlier piece <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/mtr-66-hk-conviction-sell-thesis" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:7982">MTR (66 HK): Conviction Sell Thesis</a><h2>Security Costs to</h2>…

Extending my point about more demanding transportation frameworks going forward (see ComfortDelGro FY16 Results: An Era Where Competition Hits a Higher Gear ), the recent fire-bomb attack on Hong Kong’s MTR that left 19 injured signals increasing costs for transport operators. This article presents another reason why investors should sell MTR Corp, on top of points already provided by fellow insight provider Sameer Taneja in an earlier piece MTR (66 HK): Conviction Sell ThesisSecurity Costs to…

66 HK and SBUS SP: Attack on HK Metro Signals Increases in Transport Operators' Costs

Hong Kong

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides marine transportation services and logistical support to its customers through the commercial operation of a large, modern, and uniformly-sized fleet of shallow-draft Handysize dry bulk carriers.

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Pacific Basin Shipping (2343 HK)

A Breakthrough in Bulk Last Week – and Some of the Drivers

A boring passive ship owner stock like Diana Shipping Inc (DSX US) exploded to the upside last week. There were some upgrades. And there were...

Charles De Trenck

Oil Correction Drags Down Commodity Plays, Transports… and Takes Seaspan Back to Lows

The 2-day 7% correction in oil managed to slaughter many cyclicals, from RIG, which had just gotten a big buy send-off from Barron’s two weeks ago,...

Charles De Trenck

DFRS Dry Bulk Shipping - Street Catching up to the Rally Now, Driven Solely by Momentum

DFRS Dry Bulk Shipping - Street Catching up to the Rally Now, Driven Solely by Momentum We were early buyers on the Dry Bulk sector upgrading...

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

Why I Just Sold Orient Overseas (OOIL) At HK$45

Don’t get me wrong. I still like Orient Overseas Intl Ltd (316 HK), OOIL/OOCL, as an operator long term. Always have. And I may come back at...

Charles De Trenck

66 HK and SBUS SP: Attack on HK Metro Signals Increases in Transport Operators' Costs

Extending my point about more demanding transportation frameworks going forward (see ComfortDelGro FY16 Results: An Era Where Competition Hits a...

Valerie Law, CFA

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