The Loadstar



Supply chain radar: ZIM-ming (Google it)

Directly and indirectly, a few event-driven sharks recently reached out to ask whether Israel’s ZIM Integrated Shipping Services was worth their money – just as most of those I talked to believe the residual value in the bonds and stocks …


Supply chain radar: Rewind – FedEx and fast cars

Building a car that can travel at 300mph is eye-poppingly complicated.
The immovable external forces of air pressure, lift, gravity, etc, conspire against exotic car designers, meaning every incremental 1mph requires an exponentially larger amount of power.
It can, of …



FW: Inside the now-booming business of building container ships

FREIGHTWAVES reports:
In ocean shipping, present success often breeds future failure. Across the decades, freight-rate spikes have spurred newbuilding sprees, wiping out freight rates. Which brings us to today: Container freight rates are spiking and container-ship newbuild orders are surging …