Dream on

摘要

Hope that the Narnia-style winter that has enshrouded shipping since the economic crisis kicked in 2008 would finally loosen its grip appear to be receding. European demand is flat while the US growth remains below expectations. According to the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) the global economy is showing signs of weakening again. "Over the recent past, signs of emergence from the crisis have more than once given way to a renewed slowdown or even a double-dip recession in some countries.