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James Lightbourn 4/8/25 James Lightbourn 4/8/25

For Ship Operators, Volatility is Opportunity

In shipping, volatility isn’t noise—it’s opportunity. And in flat markets, even the sharpest traders can struggle to make the math work in their favor.

James Lightbourn 12/12/24 James Lightbourn 12/12/24

Ship-Operating Business Model: Simple Yet Complex

The ship-operating business model is conceptually simple yet realistically hard to master, given the shipping industry’s volatile market. Some ship-operating companies have been in the business for quite some time—like DS NORDEN (est. 1871) and Western Bulk (est. 1982)—and then there are newcomers, like Costamare Bulkers Inc. “CBI” (est. 2022).