News in Brief Podcast | Week 27 2024 | A bustling ocean freight market, acquisition and bankruptcy
In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone ...
Looking for an alternative take on how new entrants to liner shipping can develop networks? The story of a resurgent Swire Shipping, after completing its takeover of US multipurpose carrier Westwood Shipping, offers one example.
As part of the privately owned John Swire & Sons group (although one part of it, Swire Pacific is listed in Hong Kong), it’s hardly new. In fact, its name evokes the age of the Tai’pan – a name given to foreign businessmen who poured into ...
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