RPT-Wall St Week Ahead-Shipping: Oil tankers sheltered from gas, dry bulk weakness
August 09, 2015 at 12:45 PM EDT
Aug 9 (Reuters) - Maritime stocks have broadly fallen this year as weak demand for some commodities and goods in Asia and oversupply of ships have hurt much of the industry, with one notable exception: Oil tankers have been doing a booming business and their shares are up as much as 50 percent year to date.