Meanwhile, fuelling the profits in Oz…
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There seems no stopping the plunge in oil prices, Brent Crude has now fallen below $60 per barrel and analysts have given up predicting a price floor for the hitherto ‘black gold’.
As a consequence heavy fuel oil is now around $300 per tonne – about half the price of six months ago – and ocean carriers are of course accepting the considerable cost decrease with open arms.
In its Container Insight Weekly, Drewry analyses the impact on the bottom line for ...
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