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October 21, 2026
The Port Journal

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…

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

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