Container industry is finding a sustainable formula
After fighting and costing each other large deficits, 2019 is becoming the first year in which the broad section of the container shipping industry is showing financial brute strength. Even in the face of global trade conflicts. Maersk's half-year report is expected to reflect a new stage.
Demand is currently not anything to celebrate. The global economic growth is heading south. The trade dispute between the US and China is only getting worse, and even though a hard Brexit may not disrupt volumes on the major tradelanes, it helps illustrate a world that – if not falling apart – is marred by uncertainty.
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