The Interview: Rod Riseborough
South African-born Rod Riseborough, who started his career with Safmarine when the world's largest boxships were less than 3,000 teu, admits he never expected capacities to exceed 23,000 teu
After 40 years in the container shipping industry, including top management roles with carriers and a data provider, the recently retired chief executive of Container Trades Statistics knows the business inside out and is sceptical about the growth prospects of emerging economies. Instead, he is convinced that Europe and the US will remain the two big import markets that will continue to underpin the global box trades