#Container ship

The optimism on world trade didn’t last very long. It was only late September when the WTO issued a “strong upward revision” to their estimate for 2017 world trade. WTO economists raised their forecast to 3.6% from 2.4%, which was at the top end of the previous 1.8-3.6% range. This marked a sharp

Authored by Aleni Pittalis via Platts' The Barrel blog, Approximately 90% of the world’s trade travels by sea and one would expect the industry’s supply chain to be the height of modernity by adopting disruptive technology and strategies. However, this could not be further from the truth. While

The Baltic Dry Index has retraced most of its 55% surge from March, yet the mild recovery in shipping fees since early last year appears to have revived appetite for a renewed wave of consolidation in the shipping space. For a price of $6.3 billion (HK$78.67 a share) - equivalent to an eye-popping