Category Archives: Shipping

Merchant fleet by flag and type of ship, 1980-2015

Posted on April 29, 2015 by | 1 comment

Thanks to Jan Hoffman and UNCTAD for giving us this source of data on the merchant fleet.  You can retrieve it in Excel format.

UNCTADstat Home page

UNCTADstat – Table view – Merchant fleet by flag of registration and by type of ship, annual, 1980-2015.

 

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Trouble ahead for ocean container lines

Posted on April 23, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Bigger ships alone won’t return the ocean carriers to profitability.  It’s going to take a supply chain approach, says BCG in their new report.

Boston Consulting Group sees trouble ahead for ocean container lines – Article from Logistics Management.

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Mega-Ships and Mega-Problems

Posted on April 23, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Very large ships are part of a system.  Changing the ship size radically affects many other parts of the system, such as which ports are usable.

Container Shipping Today: Mega-Ships and Mega-Problems.

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