2016 – the most turbulent year in container shipping's 60-year history

23/12/2016

Five mergers and acquisitions and one bankruptcy is the final toll of a truly tumultuous year for liner shipping.

They put in the shade other notable events, such as the opening of the enlarged Panama Canal in June, mandatory weighing of all loaded containers (VGM) from 1 July and the ...

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