Cautious outlook for MP tonnage
NewsRecent reports published by Drewry Maritime Research and Dynamar point to better prospects in the multipurpose (MP) shipping sector in the f...
Stronger full-year growth now predicted
NewsAlphaliner and Drewry Maritime Research are among analysts raising their growth forecasts for 2017. Based on trading performances to the lat...
Transhipment swings and roundabouts
NewsTranshipment activity may be slowing down as operational, commercial and fiscal factors combine to make the concept less efficient and accep...
Equipped for the Euro trades
NewsPallet-wide containers still occupy a small niche in the intra-European freight market, but their use appears to have picked up this year....
MPVs squeezing out the niches
NewsThe breakbulk shipping sector is being squeezed on many fronts but there are growth opportunities....
Rough ride for project cargo
NewsFalling oil prices and China’s economic slowdown are holding back global growth and demand for heavy lift shipping....
Batten down the hatches
NewsAnalysts’ reports on the liner shipping industry and the sector’s prospects for 2016 paint a stormy picture....
USWC ports gripped by uncertainty
NewsUS Pacific coast ports and terminals face another year of upheaval and the prospect of further falls in container volumes....
High cubes take the top spot
NewsDrewry Maritime Research’s recently published Container Census report shows that 40ft high cube containers represented just short of 50% o...
Tapping into the Latin dream
NewsConsistent but modest growth in the trade between Asia and Latin America in recent years has prompted carriers to phase in larger ships and ...
Reefer trade still on the rise
NewsDrewry Maritime Research’s latest Reefer Shipping Market Annual Review and Forecast reports that worldwide perishable reefer trade increas...
Box leasing growth on the wane
NewsA new report from Drewry Maritime Research - Container Leasing 2013/14 - shows that the world’s fleet of operationally leased containers g...
Damage limitation
NewsDrewry Maritime Research’s latest Container Forecaster report says managing month-to-month changes to services is now a constant battle fo...
Reefer prospects remain healthy
NewsA new report by Drewry Maritime Research forecasts continued growth in the perishable reefer cargo trade for 2012 and beyond....
Box fleet grew in 2011 but oversupply caught buyers out
NewsThe global container equipment fleet grew by 8.5% during 2011, taking it to 31.25M TEU, compared to a 7% growth in 2010....