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BMI View: On a global level we see risks to all three core shipping sectors (container and dry and liquid bulk), with overcapacity and a drop in demand continually threatening to push down rates and impinge on lines' profits. With regards to China's shipping sector, we believe that growth will remai...
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Developments in Panama's freight sector over the medium term will be dominated by the expansion of the Panama Canal, due to be completed in 2014. The canal currently accounts for 30% of Panama's GDP and President Ricardo Martinelli's government hopes that the effect of the project on the country's e...
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Throughput at one of Philippines' largest ports, Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), is forecast to post another year of growth in 2011 following a successful 2010, which allowed the port to recover from the global economic downturn in trade.
Latest year-to-date figures (January-Septemb...
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On a global level we continue to see risks to all three core shipping sectors (container and dry and liquid bulk), with overcapacity and a drop in demand continually threatening to push down rates and impinge on lines' profits. As austerity measures take hold in Europe and the US continues to have h...
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BMI's outlook for the Venezuelan port sector in 2011 is less than positive. An unfriendly business environment will keep much foreign direct investment (FDI) away, preventing the country's main ports from recovering throughput volumes and efficiency levels which plummeted when the ports were nationa...
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The latest port statistics were released in December by South African Transnet National Ports Authority. BMI notes that although November appeared to have been one of the busiest months ever recorded forSouth African ports, if not the busiest ever, with a number of facilities reporting record throug...
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The plans of several carmakers announced in late November 2010 suggest that Thailand and India are becoming the favourite bases for the production and export of small cars and trucks. BMI believes Thailand's 'eco car' programme gives it a clear advantage in attracting investment, while India's low-c...
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In October, port operator Luka Koper said it had increased cargo handling by 16% year-on-year (y-oy) in the first nine months of 2010 to reach 11.05mn tones. The cargo included shipments of soya whichin 2010 were projected to total 620,000 tonnes, up by almost 10%. Other commodities handled included...
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Going into 2011 political risk factors were on the rise in Italy, with the centre-right ruling coalitionbeginning to break up and the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, facing a vote of confidence that wasthought likely to trigger early elections. However, the breaking up and reforming of complex go...
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Economies of the various nations of the world, both developing and developed have grown manifold over the past few decades. One of the most important features of growth in world economies and globalization in recent years is the dry shipping market which constitutes the back bone of the internationa...
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