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21 October 2026

Follow the money or follow the flag? Politics clouds port investment

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Source reporting: The Loadstar

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Follow the money or follow the flag? Politics clouds port investment

In the seven years since TOC Americas last took place in Cartagena, global laden container volumes have slipped about 10% below where they would have been without the multiple disruptions that have hit the industry since 2018, according to Dinesh Sharma, director at Drewry Maritime Advisors. Sharma’s research measured growth from 2018 against forecasts of where the industry had imagined it would be today last time they met in Cartagena. Predicting ... The post Follow the money or follow the flag? Politics clouds port investment appeared first on The Loadstar .

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