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Liner shipping, containerisation and mega carriers: structural changes for industry operatorsContainers

Liner shipping, containerisation and mega carriers: structural changes for industry operators

February 8th, 2021 Containers, Featured, Presentations

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Optimizing Asia–Europe container network: The Suez Canal and Cape of Good Hope routes in a changing world
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Portgraphic: fleet capacity (owned/chartered) of container shipping lines
Portgraphic: fleet capacity (owned/chartered) of container shipping lines

PortEconomics member Pierre Cariou participated as a guest speaker at the 2021 World of Shipping Portugal Conference, which was held online 28-29 January 2021.

Pierre gave a most interesting presentation on Liner shipping, containerization, and mega carriers. What structural changes to be faced by the industry operators? discussing how the structural change in demand, resulted in structural adjustment for carriers and what are the future changes.

Follow the link to download Pierre’s presentation.

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