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Latest container shipping defaults expected to be followed by more M&A: Fitch Ratings

September 6, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Fitch Ratings expects more defaults and mergers and acquisitions activity in both the short and medium terms for container shipping, but adds this “will only restore equilibrium and boost freight rates if they prompt capacity reduction.” The comments follow Korean…

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Sea piracy drops to 21-year low in first half of 2016: global report

July 26, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Despite a surge in kidnappings off West Africa, piracy and armed robbery at sea has fallen to its lowest levels since 1995, notes a new report issued Monday by the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB). There were…