Comment / OceanX: Brazilian heat; Hapag forgot efficiency; tech 'bling-bling'

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18/03/2024

Greetings from beautiful, hot and steamy Itajai in Brazil!

Following an exciting OPENAP conference in Rio with our friends from Neutral Air Partner, I arrived here last Thursday and had two great days with the dynamic team of our local members Fast Shipping and representatives from Mercator who joined from Argentina.

Unfortunately the container port of Itajai remains at a standstill, after the leasing contract of APM Terminals expired at the end of 2022 and the Brazilian ...

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