Charter market gets a boost as carriers look to plug holes in networks
Enforced schedule changes, with ships diverted via the Cape of Good Hope due to Houthi ...
GM: RAISING THE ROOF GGM: IN FULL THROTTLE GZIM: MAERSK BOOST KNIN: READ-ACROSSMAERSK: NOT ENOUGHMAERSK: GUIDANCE UPGRADEZIM: ROLLERCOASTERCAT: HEAVY DUTYMAERSK: CATCHING UP PG: DESTOCKING PATTERNSPG: HEALTH CHECKWTC: THE FALLGXO: DEFENSIVE FWRD: RALLYING ON TAKEOVER TALKODFL: STEADY YIELDVW: NEW MODEL NEEDEDWTC: TAKING PROFIT
GM: RAISING THE ROOF GGM: IN FULL THROTTLE GZIM: MAERSK BOOST KNIN: READ-ACROSSMAERSK: NOT ENOUGHMAERSK: GUIDANCE UPGRADEZIM: ROLLERCOASTERCAT: HEAVY DUTYMAERSK: CATCHING UP PG: DESTOCKING PATTERNSPG: HEALTH CHECKWTC: THE FALLGXO: DEFENSIVE FWRD: RALLYING ON TAKEOVER TALKODFL: STEADY YIELDVW: NEW MODEL NEEDEDWTC: TAKING PROFIT
We’re a sucker for a good headline at The Loadstar – and today’s blog from the OECD’s ports and shipping expert Olaf Merk has a great one. Mr Merk has caught the industry’s attention in recent years with some insightful analysis of some of the key trends, and this post is no exception: how changing social attitudes could have a very real effect on international trade; people who demand and can pay for locally sourced food and clean energy in a world in which such pillars of trade as car sales are likely to plateau and then decline will ultimately transform the very raison d’etre of the ports and shipping industry. “We might be heading for a future with less maritime trade in coal, oil, cars, food and possibly consumer goods; a future in which sustaining port activity is not self-evident and maritime transport likely more expensive.”
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