Weekly Briefing: Containers conflab reflections | Oil output hike may not be enough to lift tankers | Dry bulk sees a rainbow ahead
Lloyd’s List’s weekly headline view of the stories shaping the key shipping markets
The box sector has been busy considering the shifting dynamics across the supply chain and options to ease the logjam caused by consumer-led surge in demand. In the tanker sector all eyes are on an anticipated OPEC+ output hike, but even that may not be enough to prevent the tanker recovery from slipping back into 2022. And the optimists are seeing a perfect rainbow forming over the dry bulk market, although the excitement doesn’t kick in until next year