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Americas
The tale of two canals – game theory in action
What comes to your mind when you think about the Suez and Panama Canals? Marvels of engineering? An exotic waterway…
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Containers
Shipping still lost at sea when it comes to big data
The world of container shipping is going through a prolonged period of instability due to oversupply of new ships entering…
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Containers
Shipping by sea? You, your cargo and your embattled carriers
Hard not to feel sorry for the shippers, whose cargo is stuck on the container vessels operated by Hanjin Shipping.…
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Asia
Hanjin Shipping and the futility of throwing more fuel on a fire burning out of control
You don’t normally get advance warning of an attempt to put a company over a barrel and call in bankruptcy…
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Americas
What does an expanded Panama Canal actually mean for global trade?
Every time I think about the Panama Canal, I cannot resist wondering what the international shipping would look like if…
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Asia
Maersk, MSC & HMM: accident waiting to happen?
If you believe executives of the three parties to the MoU, this is the deal that will have the major…
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Containers
Whose piggy bank is feeding the shipbuilding frenzy?
The stream of shipping industry news over the last 18 months could provide enough juicy material for a few episodes…
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Containers
Container shipping 2016: holding on for dear life
I don’t know if shipping executives feel envious of Uber, the current darling of the sharing economy. Glorifying articles in…
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Contributions
One belt, one road, and one very blurry supply chain benefit
It is big. It is bold. It is talked about. It is … well … complicated. From the distance, it…
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Containers
Leviathans at the gates: container minnows beware
The last months of 2015 are confirming what everybody has long sensed, but hated to admit: the rates are not…
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Asia
Time to rethink disruptive cabotage laws
The world of global supply chains has grown sophisticated beyond the comprehension of anyone, save for supply chain optimisation experts.…
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Contributions
Are we closing in on a Volkswagen moment in shipping?
The haze from illegal fires in Indonesia yet again descended on Singapore and KL, so not much concern here with…
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Containers
Container shipping 2015: Catching the slow winds
The month of August is nearing its end and many people and companies are still running in vacation mode. Not…
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Asia
Pirates of the Asian seas – is the devil really known?
Crime on the high seas seems to be doing fine, all things considered. While cases of piracy off the coast…
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Containers
To cut costs or to grow? The question of focus for container shipping
Another quarter, another year, and another painful reminder that the container shipping business is not for the fainthearted. The most…
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Containers
Game changer or floating monuments of engineering prowess?
About a year ago, euphoria swept the marine shipping world, as the Maersk EEE started making regular voyages and caused…
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Containers
Trading places
It was only a matter of time before Maersk EEE would lose its crown as “the biggest” container ship. Orders…
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