Geopolitical fragmentation reshaping shipping

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Geopolitical fragmentation, energy security concerns, and competing trade blocs are reshaping global shipping markets. Experts at a Baltic Exchange panel highlighted growing volatility and regionalisation impacting trade volumes and shipping demand.

Geopolitical disruption, energy security concerns and the emergence of competing trade blocs are fundamentally altering the way shipping markets operate, according to speakers at a Baltic Exchange panel discussion at Posidonia. While panellists highlighted growing volatility, regionalisation and strategic rivalry between major powers, they also agreed that global trade volumes and demand for shipping are ...