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Ripples from Ever Given chaos will flow into every major tradelane

Amid the Ever Given fallout, Asian shippers should expect a chronic container shortage, extended booking delays and more cargo rollovers at key transhipment hubs.
According to a Hong Kong-based forwarder, the week-long Suez blockage aggravated already stretched container supply chains.…






M&A radar: Rainmakers’ appetite – here’s what we found

Juxtaposition is the first natural step in any M&A search, followed by synergies led by geography and product musings and analysis, even more so nowadays as the asymmetry between demand and supply in deal-making is massive. Meanwhile the gap between …