Cyclicality in shipping is inherent. However, the speed and amplitude of market changes, since the fateful collapse of Lehman brothers in 2008 - distinguishes this particular crisis from most previous cycles. Predictions and investment moves made until immediately before the crisis have, in...

When Professor Soares asked me to highlight the state-of-the-art in maritime economics and logistics research, as a keynote speech for MARTECH 2022, I immediately said ‘yes’. On second thought, however, I considered something like this would be a bit too ambitious if not pretentious. Thus,...