Showing posts with label Ocean Shipping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ocean Shipping. Show all posts
Thursday, April 03, 2014

International Trade Whither it goest?

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What are the trend lines we follow to see where the world economy is going? As long noted on this blog , one trend line is the "Baltic ...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Space Station Keeps Watch on World's Sea Traffic

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Ever wonder what the world's sea traffic would look like from space? If so, here's an interesting piece from NASA and the ESA, ...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Global Shipping Worry: "China is living hand to mouth . . ."

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A "Bulker" In the past, we have looked at the world of "dry bulk" shipping to gauge the direction of the global eco...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Gulf of Guinea Pirates: Driving Up Freight Rates

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West Africa Piracy 2012 (to date) - IMB Map Platts reports an increase in shipping rates from Europe to West Africa due to piracy issue...
Monday, June 06, 2011

Recommended Reading: Prime Movers of Globalization by Vaclav Smil

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These days there are too few books that set out to inform you of some aspect of life that you may know nothing about in a few, well-chosen w...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Shipping - Economic Indicator

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In a post from December 2008, here , I noted an expert reporting the decline in shipping as an economic predictor that boded ill for 2009, ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Shipping Industry Hits Skids

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An invest ment adviser points out that the world-wide shipping industry is taking an economic pounding here : If the end of 2008 is a predic...
Monday, August 18, 2008

Coasties Need Modern Icebreakers for "New" Arctic Realities

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The U.S. Coast Guard has two big, new polar ice breakers. Well, they were new about 30 years ago... and the new realities of the push into t...
Friday, February 08, 2008

Shipping Container Security: Resistance Movement

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The politics of container security reported here : Atlanta-based Home Depot and fellow "big box" chain stores have targeted donati...
Monday, July 23, 2007

Reminder: International supply chains complex

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Found here , a reminder: Outsourcing has created complex supply chains spanning the globe, demanding far closer attention from logistics ope...