Old 12-18-2008 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by slowplay
You may have gotten a correct answer, but it was to the wrong question.

Take a look at any shipping futures index.

Oil could be free, and an empty freighter won't make money. A laden freighter with low yield won't make money even with cheap oil. Unless the world economy does a really quick U-turn, there'll be a lot of freighters out of work.
A large chunk of the freighter and charter flying in them is govt work. How does that play into shipping futures?
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