Conventional wisdom a year ago was that the threat of a double-dip recession was passé. But then several externalities, including catastrophic weather events, came to the forefront and impacted the recovery of a fragile global economy. Even without the many natural calamities and geopolitical uncertainties that accentuated a nagging worldwide economic malaise, for shipping it was a stressful year.

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