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One of the favourite parts of my job is compiling Splash Extra’s monthly review – a chance to assess concisely what were the biggest stories of the past few weeks and to place them in context and level of importance.
In the six years – and 73 monthly reviews neatly composed – I can confidently say we’ve never compiled a more action-packed snapshot of the shipping headlines than this issue, the trending news items bringing to mind once again comments made by Graham Porter at a session I moderated last October at our Monaco Maritime CEO Forum.
“The world is breaking apart. I think that’s what’s causing all this chaos. We’re on a very different trend. It’s no longer collaboration, it’s independent pull. Pull your resources and hold them yourself,” said Porter, the chairman of Tiger Group Investments, and one of the co-founders of Seaspan, a line of thought that seems all the more prescient when skimming through all the news this month, what with reelected Donald Trump making claims for the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada and US authorities going after the likes of COSCO and China’s shipyards, while Europe and Taiwan have had to fend off a growing armada of anchor-dragging, cable-cutting merchant ships.
“I’ve rarely seen a year start with more uncertainty. Buckle up and enjoy the ride,” one seasoned shipowner told us last week.
If January is anything to go by, 2025 promises to be more mad than last year to cover as a shipping reporter. The team at Splash Extra will enjoy the challenge of distilling all this in as concise, incisive manner as possible.
Contents
Front page: Tankers best placed in the Year of the Snake
Editor’s Comment: The news distillery
January 2025 Review
Markets Tankers
Markets Dry Bulk
Markets Containers
Analyst Abstract
Monthly Broker
Feature: Trump’s second term
Interview: Johnsen Loe
Data
Opinion: Sliding into the year of the snake
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