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14 September 2026

Backcasting enters the shipping mainstream

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Backcasting enters the shipping mainstream

Japanese liner Ocean Network Express (ONE) is looking 24 years into the future to help decide where to put its money today, adopting a planning technique that is spreading through shipping as well as governments and some of the world’s largest international organisations. Rather than forecasting forwards from present-day trends, so-called backcasting starts with a …

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