With growth in revenue of seven percent, an increase in freight rates of 30 percent, and a result before taxes that shot up by 23 percent to USD 105.9 million, DFDS – headed by CEO Niels Smedegaard – was able to deliver yet another strong result on Tuesday. And this was followed by yet another full-year upgrade from the RoRo and passenger carrier.

DFDS raises full-year guidance – again 

Tanker and dry bulk in the red

On the other side of the fence, a weakening of the global tanker market has taken its toll on leading carriers in product tanker, as losses in the dry bulk sector also continue to roll in.

J. Lauritzen lowers full-year guidance for 2016 

Hafnia Tankers books deficit in Q3 

Torm downgrades full-year forecast for 2016 

Scorpio Tankers dips into the red in Q3 

Product tanker carriers face disappointing 2016 exit 

Hapag-Lloyd had positive Q3 in tough 2016

Maersk's credit rating down

Paradoxically, Maersk's own restructuring to help the company through hard times has likely had a negative impact on the transport and energy conglomerate after Standard & Poor's reduced its credit rating of the company, according to several sources. Standard & Poor's is already considering knocking down the rating another notch.

Maersk bonds close to falling in with bad crowd 

Maersk is burned by its own restructuring plan 

S&P lowers credit rating of Maersk Group 

MSC and Maersk own most of the unpopular Panamaxes 

SeaIntel: Moderate container recovery still three years away

Make sure to read these other key stories from this week on ShippingWatch:

Such as the latest developments surrounding collapsed container carrier Hanjin:

Hanjin gets winning bid from shipper that once almost failed 

Korea Line picked as preferred bidder for key Hanjin service

And the latest news from the world of offshore:

Deep Sea Supply books million dollars loss in Q3 

DNB scaling down exposure to shipping and offshore 

Rem Offshore fined for violation of stock exchange rules