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28 October 2026

Maritime CEO Forum: Shipping’s wartime boom tests discipline

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Maritime CEO Forum: Shipping’s wartime boom tests discipline

Shipping may be enjoying one of its strongest booms in decades, but the extraordinary profits generated by geopolitical turmoil are raising difficult questions about risk, investment and what happens when the wars end, delegates at yesterday’s Maritime CEO Forum in Monaco heard. Opening the event at the Yacht Club de Monaco, Splash editor Sam Chambers …

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