2 Market Fundamentals In 2008/2009

摘要

From a total of 7.9 billion tonnes of seaborne trade in 2008, about 31.4 per cent are attributable to crude oil and mineral oil products, 21.3 per cent to major dry bulks (iron ore, coal and grain), 5.4 per cent to minor bulks and the remainder of 41.9 per cent to general cargo, break bulk, ro-ro and increasingly to container shipments. According to Fearnleys containerised cargo had a share of 17 per cent in total seaborne trade in 2008.rnThe high growth of recent years in seaborne trade of dry bulk commodities, such as iron ore, coal and grain, will come to a halt in 2009 as economic growth slows down. Especially the emerging economies, in particular China and India, are forcing the maritime industry to react to changing market fundamentals of seaborne bulk traffic.