Container demand growth is losing some momentum amid mounting headwinds, but carriers will continue to rake huge profits, according to Drewry’s latest Container Forecaster report. Fast rising inflation, ongoing supply chain bottlenecks and the Omicron …
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A copper deficit is set to hit trade and the energy transition hard by the end of the decade, according to Rystad Energy. Global demand for the pink metal will outstrip supply by more than six million tonnes by 2030, unless investment in mining is subs…
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There was little support to be found for the Capesize market over the last week as dwindling rates and rising bunker prices slashed earnings for owners with the 5TC Weighted Average dropping to $7,390. The Pacific had little further left to drop as the…
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The highly synchronized global supply chain system developed over the past 30 years is under strain like never before and resolving the disruption will be less a “sprint” and more of a “marathon” that runs well into 2022, according to a new report by I…
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On 14 January 2022 the European Parliament’s Rapporteur, MEP Peter Liese, published his draft report on a proposal to revise the Emissions Trading System (ETS) Directive¹ which forms part of the ‘Fit for 55’ package of climate and energy reforms publis…
A Greener And More Ambitious EU Maritime ETS Emerges Read More »