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In the first four months of the 2020/2021 U.S. marketing year for soya beans (which started on 1 September), 2.5m tonnes of soya beans were exported in containers, accounting for 6.3% of total exports, while 37.1m tonnes departed the U.S. in dry bulk ships.Despite the record high containerized soya bean exports, the share of total U.S. soya bean exports being sent in containers has fallen from previous years and is currently at its lowest level since the same period in 2017. The…

A great graphic from Allianz’s Shipping & Safety Report 2020 visually documenting the growth in the container ship industry over the past 50 years.Shipping, Ports & Logistics is a feature focus area of coverage in the October 2020 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, with insightful interviews with leading ports, shipping companies and legislators.