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BIMCO, 2012 will be still a difficult year for the industry of the shipping
the field of the container will have to get to terms with an ulterior increase of 50% in the number of ships of great dimensions
January 4, 2012
2012 will be still a difficult year for the industry of the marine transport. It previews the BIMCO, the main world-wide association of the shipping, that it has published today its "Reflections 2012", publication that the current criticalities of the field examine and those previewed for the next year.
According to the BIMCO, in the 2012 shipping it will have to continue to face difficult challenges. If on one side us they could be perspective of increase in the field of the product tanker and a general improvement of the situation could be brought from the slow steaming, that is from the slow down of the speed of navigation of the fleets - the association explains - the field of the container can instead attend a decidedly challenging year because of an ulterior increase of 50% in the number of the container vessels of great dimensions that will enter in service.
The BIMCO invites however the shipowners to learn from the lessons of the past, in particular "expecting the unexpected one" from India, even - it specifies - beginning this year to take advantage of its potential one of import. For the BIMCO, in fact, 2012 can introduce still new opportunities. I absolutely consider - the president of the association Yudhishthir Khatau explains, in its introduction to "Reflections 2012" - than the shipping he will prevail and find waters more calm, as always he has been. However Khatau wonders when this moment reaches. With the dismissal of the delivery of new ships, with a brake to the order of new tonnage, turned to perhaps replace ships rather than speculation forms, with the conversion or the disarmament of old tonnage - it finds - it will be able to be reached ahead of schedule to a resumption, "but - Khatau explains - I doubt that the intention is this"
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2012 will be still a difficult year for the industry of the marine transport. It previews the BIMCO, the main world-wide association of the shipping, that it has published today its "Reflections 2012", publication that the current criticalities of the field examine and those previewed for the next year.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
