Despite the profound disruptive impact of the pandemic on supply chains, demand for consumer goods rose strongly last year. We expect merchandise world trade volumes to have increased by 10.6% in 2021 compared to the previous year, surpassing its pre-p…
Trade Outlook 2022: Clogged supply chains won’t hold trade back Read More »
The LNG shipping market has benefited from increased demand for LNG and tonnage supply relatively modest. In a report issued this week, ship owner GasLog Partners said that “global LNG demand was 100 million tonnes (“mt”) in the fourth quarter of 2021,…
LNG Shipping Market Going Strong Read More »
Demand for secondhand vessels, in terms of enquiries, seems to be on a high at the start of 2022, even if this isn’t currently translated to more S&P deals concluded. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Intermodal noted that “while it is logica…
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Last year, IMO member states at the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting in November failed to agree an increase in shipping’s ambitions to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 or authorise a US $5 billion research and development fund. …
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A knowledge partnership between the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping and McKinsey explores what it will take for the maritime industry to decarbonize. Persistent logjams in the global supply chain have brought the shipping industr…
Charting global shipping’s path to zero carbon Read More »