Against the current market backdrop, compelling investment ideas in shipping are in short supply.  In addition to our usual market musings, we will start offering up our thoughts on where we see opportunities to smartly deploy capital in shipping, including some that are a little bit off the beaten path.

Earlier this week, Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: HMR) purchased the “feeder” container ship A. Obelix from Capital Maritime Management (Capital).

Is the role of a public shipping company to compound value over time, or to simply serve as a trading vehicle for investors looking to opportunistically play the industry’s infamous cycles?