Experts and exponents wonder what kind of transformation Donald Trump’s re-election as President of the United States will bring to the global shipping industry. Various
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has had a profound impact on dry bulk markets, upending trade routes and increasing operational costs for market participants. Since the
After the first semester of 2024 ended, PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom issued an analysis showing the year-on-year TEU growth in the top European container ports.
In the last few years we experienced an oversupply’s period which affected maritime trades, especially in the containerized market. Indeed Covid-19 crisis brought to an
The month of October started with troubling news coming from the US East and Gulf Coast due to the strike of the dockworkers on the
Just a few years ago, the idea of a port conducting ship-to-shore operations without workers on the ground seemed unimaginable. Today, at the Nansha Phase
As recently highlighted during our last collaboration with Ship2Shore (La ripartenza delle crociere non è stata uguale per tutti: due colossi a confronto | Ship2Shore)
Once again the Container Freight rate market shows some interesting trends as displayed in the Chart, comparing Drewry and Freightos indexes. Even considering the unchanged
As reported by Allianz, annual shipping losses have decreased by 70% over the past decade; furthermore, in the 1990s, the global fleet recorded an average
The new breakwater (diga foranea) construction in Genoa is advancing rapidly, marking a crucial development for the port’s future. Managed by the PerGenova Breakwater consortium,
