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Contributions
The global orderbook: fools rushing in?
To order, or not to order – that is the question. This may be a poor misquote of Shakespeare, but…
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Asia
Shipping can learn from the Korean mess
When one looks at the current problems between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States of…
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Brexit: Changing winds
Brexit is the mess that wasn’t supposed to be. To understand the effects of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave…
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Americas
Stormy seas as Trump becomes president-elect
If there ever was a sound argument for increasing scrapping, the US election gave it to the shipping world with…
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Americas
Is the Federal Reserve finally waking up?
Does the Federal Reserve finally begin to realize their low interest policy has failed? For example in the minutes from…
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Americas
Shipping danger: The US pivot to Asia
Clearly the maritime shipping business will begin to pull out of its depression if the world economy begins a strong…
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Containers
The gloom of waiting for the turnaround
As OOCL’s CC Tung pointed out earlier this week major global economic issues will hold back box shipping for the…
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Brexit: How it could be beneficial
Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has many implications for maritime. Clearly the important effects on the world…
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Who to hire
Although increasing the number of a company’s staff and managers isn’t a high priority right now, it is a good…
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Americas
What the US presidential election harbours for shipping
With the United States presidential campaign season having started earlier this round and having become more of a circus than…
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Cooperation rather than competition in dry bulk
Evolutionary biologists and sociologists tell us that individuals can better themselves with respect to other group members by competing, but…
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COP21: Problems and opportunities for shipping
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21, underway now could have an effect on the shipping industry for years. …
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TPP: Help for shipping or another mirage?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would at first glance appear to increase trade and thereby be beneficial to shipping. However, a…
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How debate on the renminbi devaluation is missing the bigger picture
Clearly China’s slower economic growth is a major reason for the recent devaluation of the renminbi. However, the People’s Bank…
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Greece should forget the drachma and the euro
Greece is well positioned geographically to prosper in the two major growth areas of the 21st century, Africa and the…
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Why today’s austerity vogue is bad for shipping
Economic data for the first quarter of 2015 is poor. Retail sales in the United States went nowhere in April.…
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Contributions
Strategy versus tactics
Recently various approaches to deal with the prolonged downturn in the dry bulk sector of shipping are being tried. For…
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