Follow the money or follow the flag? Politics clouds port investment

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At a Cartagena shipping industry event, Drewry Maritime Advisors director Dinesh Sharma said global laden container volumes are around 10% below the level they might have reached without disruptions since 2018. The article highlights how politics can shape decisions about port investment.

In the seven years since TOC Americas last took place in Cartagena, global laden container volumes have slipped about 10% below where they would have been without the multiple disruptions that have hit the industry since 2018, according to Dinesh Sharma, director at Drewry Maritime Advisors. The post Follow the money or follow the flag? Politics clouds port investment appeared first on The Loadstar.