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Growing optimism
| 题名： | Growing optimism |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | INES NASTALI |
| 摘要： | Most port expansions under way were commissioned years ago to cater to the anticipated growth of both vessels and global trade. Projects of this magnitude - with a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars - are planned up to 10 years in advance. It is therefore safe to assume that few will have foreseen a global pandemic such as the one we are in, which would slash the economic growth of numerous countries worldwide. "Maritime trading volumes took a hit with seaborne trade down by 9.5% and total global trade slowing down significantly in the first half of 2020, which was down 16% against the first half of 2019," said Alice Gladen, IHS Markit Maritime & Trade subject-matter expert. She added, "Forward-planning with COVID-19 has proved difficult, with new variants, restrictions, and long-term effects proving hard to predict. The IHS Markit Global Trade Atlas forecasts a recovery for the maritime industry in 2021 with seaborne trade registering a 6.9% growth rate from 2020 to 2021." |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | Ports & harbors |
| 卷： | 66 |
| 期： | 3 |
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