The Economist

It is not often that we can clearly identify distinct changes in economic realities but we can safely say that September 2008 was just such a critical time point.

Who would have guessed in mid 2007 that carriers would be laying upships, ship owners agreeing to charter rates that are as good as rockbottom and container freight rates at peppercorn levels?…

Franklin Roosevelt was quoted as saying: We have nothing to fearbut fear itself. That fear has struck hard globally. We areexperiencing the roller coaster world of the financial markets, theunwillingness of banks…

October 17th marks the end of the block exemption forliner shipping conferences in the European Union. The shippingcompanies will be forced to comply with anti trust laws in line withall other industries.

It used to be that recessions were linked to parachuting. Soft landings, hard landings, crash landings... The world is changing. Today there is not a day that passes without some new letter…

The shipping-related industry is suffering as it never has done before:ships are being laid up in record numbers, bulk companies are going under, shiporders are being cancelled or delayed, and profitability is…