Maersk Warns Trade War Will Hit Container Shipping
2018-11-16 08:00

Maersk Warns Trade War Will Hit Container Shipping

by Patrick Fach-Pedersen
Maersk Warns Trade War Will Hit Container Shipping

” Top U.S. importers are stocking up on Chinese goods before new import tariffs take effect, shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Wednesday, but warned a trade war would hit demand for container shipping in the coming years. Maersk’s data indicated that imports into the United States from China had grown 5 to 10 percent year-on-year in the third quarter as companies such as Walmart and Home Depot built up inventories to avoid new import tariffs, Chief Executive Soren Skou said.” To learn more, see the original story at gCaptain.


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