INTERCARGO’s Annual review 2019/2020
Viewers can log here below and view the Association’s Annual Review for 2019/2020
at https://www.intercargo.org/annual-review-2019-2020/
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/10/06/intercargos-annual-review-20192020/
Peruvian sugar snap peas ship to Japan thanks to Daikin controlled atmosphere (CA) container technology
Peruvian sugar snap peas reach new markets via ocean shipment, arriving in optimum condition after a total 31 days in transit
OSAKA 6 October 2020 – A shipment of Peruvian sugar snap peas was completed successfully earlier this year by Ocean Network Express (ONE) from Callao, Peru, to Yokohama, Japan with the help of controlled atmosphere (CA) technology from Daikin Reefer, a leading supplier...
Hard part is just beginning, Europe’s sustainable recover
Tuesday 6 October 2020 – Vol.11 Ed.41.2
Commentary: Hard part is just beginning
By John Kornblum in Nashville
Chancellor Helmut Kohl, choosing 3 October 1990 as the German reunification date, wanted a sunny start for the new chapter in German history. Most of the rest of the world was watching with disbelief and apprehension. Only the Americans seemed sincerely happy. Three decades later, revolutionary change has swept away many of the...
Oslo Børs: Mintra admitted to trading
Oslo, 5 October 2020 – The software company Mintra has today been admitted to trading on Merkur Market (ticker code: MNTR-ME).
Mintra is a digital learning and Human Capital Management software company headquartered in Norway. Recently, Mintra raised NOK 500 million through a private placement. The placement attracted strong interest from high-quality Norwegian, Nordic and international institutional investors and was multiple times oversubscribed, announ...
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/10/05/oslo-bors-mintra-admitted-to-trading/
US election through damaged looking glass, Africa Financial Markets Index 2020 launch
Friday 2 October 2020 – Vol.11 Ed.40.6
Commentary: US race through damaged looking glass
By Darrell Delamaide in Washington
A judgement on the first debate between President Trump and Democratic contender Joe Biden depends on how one regards such contests. For those expecting a civilised debate between two candidates aspiring to the most powerful political office in the world, it was a disaster. For those who...
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Thursday 1 October, 2020)
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY
HIGHLIGHTS
October 1 2020
Global Markets
US pending home sales reached an all-time peak in August and the ADP employment report for September showed a higher-than-anticipated increase in private payrolls. Positive US data and hopes for a US fiscal stimulus deal supported global equity markets in early trade today, yields of USTs and German Bunds moved higher and the USD weakened.
Greece
According to ELSTAT, the overall...
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/10/01/global-regional-daily-thursday-1-october-2020/
Xeneta CEO Patrik Berglund
Xeneta container rates alert: long-term contracted rates continue to defy expectations, with further increase expected this tender season
China on the way back to rebalancing, Europe’s sustainable recovery
Wednesday 30 September 2020 – Vol.11 Ed.40.3
Commentary: China on the way back to rebalancing
By Otaviano Canuto in Washington
China’s successful containment of the pandemic has allowed it to be first in, first out. It’s the only major economy expected to grow this year. Yet one feature it shares with other countries is the unbalanced shape of its recovery. Pressures toward ‘relative deglobalisation’ might make China review...
IBIA Annual Convention 2020 – Virtual world overview
IBIA’s annual convention for 2020 comes at a time of extraordinary change sweeping through the bunker industry. The COVID-19 lockdowns saw marine fuel demand drop by as much as 30% in some parts of the world earlier this year. Pressures from the oil-price collapse and some alleged fraud cases in trading firms have left several banking institutions retreating from commodity trade finance, threatening parts of the bunker industry with reduced...
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/09/29/ibia-annual-convention-2020-virtual-world-overview/
Swiss reject British virus, Future of commodity trading in the US
Tuesday 29 September 2020 – Vol.11 Ed.40.2
Commentary: Swiss reject British virus
By Denis MacShane in London
Switzerland seems to have rejected the other virus stalking Europe – Britain’s chaotic approach to links with its continental neighbours. The mountain state’s 27 September referendum rebuff to ending freedom of movement with the European Union underlines a strong Swiss streak of pragmatism – a reassuring signal for the...