2015 shipping industry outlook "stable"

According outlook, in 2015, the fleet oversupply problem will continue, shipping changes frequently, but the fundamental factors in the shipping industry in the field (fundamentals), or will gradually improve, and therefore increase the relevant rating, once in 2014 in the shipping industry outlook to "negative (negative)".

Fitch & nbsp; Ratings company analysis, next year, from tankers to bulk carriers and so the whole merchant market performance or improved, while the liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and offshore (offshore) fields will also continue to maintain and improve performance (sound & nbsp; performance) However, the container ship market is affected by factors such as supply and demand imbalance caused by sustained keep "fighting hard" cases.

Meanwhile, according to estimates that in 2015, shipping freight will continue volatility, especially, container freight rates continue to remain weak, but according to the company estimates, tanker freight ship supply growth to ease thanks to the increase in oil consumption and other factors presented significant improvement in trend.

According to Fitch & nbsp; Ratings company said that the current owner to make unremitting efforts to reduce costs, in this case, the 2015 shipping companies benefited from the impact of such financial condition and recovery efforts in the field of shipping posed above may show improvement trend, while fuel oil prices or decrease and deceleration (low speed) transport aircraft (slow & nbsp; steaming) insistence will also give a positive impact on shipowners to reduce costs.