Since the BIMCO Shipping KPI system was launched in 2011, the system has been based on a rating concept. With the release of BIMCO Shipping KPI version 4 at the end of September, the rating concept will be replaced by a ranking concept as dominant benc…
New Benchmarking Concept Will Dominate Shipping KPI Read More »
Global supply chains for goods and commodities were already fractured before Covid-19 arrived. All the pandemic did was amplify the “profound fault lines” in the functioning of those chains and lay bare where improvements need to be made, according to …
Resilience, reshoring and the ultimate trade shock Read More »
Yesterday the World Shipping Council published a paper highlighting serious concerns for maritime trade and global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if the EU expands its Emissions Trading System (ETS) to include international shipping. The WS…
An EU ETS for Shipping Would Undermine a Global GHG Solution Read More »
The coronavirus pandemic dealt a severe blow to global merchandise trade. Data from weekly port calls by container ships show early but uneven signs of recovery. The number of ships pulling into ports to unload and load containers rebounded in many par…
COVID-19: Shipping data hints to some recovery in global trade Read More »
Overview An impressive recovery in Chinese dry bulk imports has protected the industry from the effects of falling demand in the rest of the world. High deliveries and low contracting have left the orderbook at multi-year lows, but – with the poor outl…
Dry Bulk Shipping: China’s demand keeping the dry bulk market going Read More »