Gloomy reading from at least two quarters
But IHS trade analyst says big data can help the industry plan its operations more accurately, though the bleakness will still probably make investors look the other way
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IF YOU are in the shipping business, you probably don't need to read a report to know that the industry is going through tough times.
However, two new reports go into some of the grisly details behind the massive over-tonnaging crippling the industry - Drewry Maritime Research's latest Container Insight Weekly, and a White Paper from maritime transport information specialist IHS.
Drewry looks at the container sector and its need to resort - once again - to laying up vessels; IHS, casting its net more widely, considers the dire position of dry-bulk shipowners.
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