The Train Wreck at DOT

Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe (by Joseph Keefe) on October 19, 2011

It has been an interesting autumn at the U.S. Maritime Administration and for its Department of Transportation parent, as well. Little in the way of good news is to be had for anyone; much less the U.S. domestic waterfront itself. The abrupt…

Hail the New Trading Era

Posted to Martin Rushmere (by Martin Rushmere) on September 2, 2010

Maersk, the Wal Mart of the ocean, has been at the forefront of critics of the fledgling container derivatives market. (In March, boss Eivind Kolding called the business "a casino.") This week a UK retailer sued Maersk for alleged breaches of contract on price and services.