Suez traffic jam raises issue of whether bigger is better

28 March 2021 - 05:00 By BLOOMBERG

The maritime world went into overdrive this week to dislodge one of the world's biggest ships after it got jammed in the Suez Canal, laying bare the challenges the industry must navigate as mammoth vessels play an ever larger role in global trade...

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