The Economy of Owning a Container Ship

That famous logo painted on the side of a massive cargo ship? The company that owns it doesn’t actually own the boat. In this episode of The Economy of Owning, we break down the high-stakes, multi-million-dollar world of container ship ownership. Discover why you aren't really in the transportation business but the commercial real estate business, how the "time charter" shifts the fuel costs to your tenant, the brutal 15-fold swings of the Harpex index, and why a massive, systemic detour around Africa is the only thing keeping the global shipping market from completely collapsing.