Mercator Provides Advisory Services to the Québec Port Authority for the Development of Project Laurentia with Hutchison Ports and CN Rail
On May 28, 2019, the Québec Port Authority (QPA) announced a long-term commercial agreement with Hutchison Ports and the Canadian National Railway (CN) to build and operate a new deepwater ...
Mercator Assists Macquarie-led Consortium in Major Container Port Acquisition
Mercator International LLC served as the commercial and operational advisor to the consortium led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) on its successful USD 1.78bn acquisition of the Long ...
Most BCOs are paying too much in bunker surcharges, and for some, the problem is about to get much worse
IMO 2020[i] sulfur regulations are about to force an unprecedented reduction in the sulfur content of fuels burned on the open ocean, and this will cause the differential between oil ...
Kjaedegaard’s three key takeaways from The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference
The second The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Dubai on October 24th. The conference was a sell-out this year attracting a ...
How will the tariff war with China affect U.S. container ports?
The most recent article by Derik Andreoli, Principal at Mercator International, published in Logistics Management, presents a detailed analysis about the degree of risk that port volumes face as a ...
Mike Petro joins Mercator International
Logistics industry veteran Mike Petro has joined Mercator International as Partner of the firm effective November 1. Mike has extensive experience in the industry and has recently led several transportation ...
Macquarie launches strategic review for potential sale of DCT Gdansk
When it commenced operations in Jun 1, 2007, the Polish Deepwater Container Terminal (DCT) Gdańsk specialized in handling feeder ships. With deep water and modern facilities in a geographically advantaged ...
Global container shipping stabilizes just as pitfalls deepen
With a collective $7 billion, 2017 was the first year the ocean carrier industry earned a profit in six years. However, industry optimism is facing a reality where risks such ...
US trade talks with China
As the US continues to negotiate more favorable terms of its trade policy, a first round of tariffs on China originally covering 818 tariff lines worth $34 billion of 2017 ...