Maritime
Four-year high
in shipping
confidence levels
S
hipping confidence reached
a four-year high in the three
months to end-February 2018,
according to our latest Ship-
ping Confidence Survey.
The average confidence
level expressed by respon-
dents was up from 6.2 out of
10.0 in November 2017 to 6.4
this time. Confidence on the
part of owners was also at a
four-year high, up from 6.4 to 6.6, while managers’
confidence was up too, from 6.1 to 6.4. The rating
for charterers, however, continued its recent erratic
performance – down to 5.0 from 7.7 in November
2017, but up on the 4.7 recorded in August 2017.
Confidence on the part of brokers, meanwhile, was
down from 6.3 to 6.1.
Confidence was up in Europe from 6.3 to 6.6,
equalling the highest ever rating for this category
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Shipping Respondents