Natural disasters in Japan still impacts the shipping markets

It’s been 4 weeks since the 11th March earthquake and tsunami hit Japan north-eastern coastline and caused widespread damages with extensive knock-on effects on the Japanese economy. The aftermath of the 9-magnitude quake is still affecting everyday life in Japan and the shipping markets are still only feeling the immediate effects of the changes in demand primarily focusing on getting energy supply up and running at normal level again.
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Source: Hellenic Shipping News