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🗞️ 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 | 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗮: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴. Shipping is a global industry, but many of its decisions are still made in isolation and in a recent interview with Global Supply Chain Magazine, our CEO Ernst Meyer and Head of Dry Bulk Michael Jorgensen share their perspectives on one of the industry’s most persistent inefficiencies: how misaligned incentives create friction across the value chain. Owners optimize for $/day. Charterers optimize for $/ton. Both are rational, but together they create friction across the system, from waiting time and sub-optimal speed decisions to unnecessary ballast and value leakage. This is where 'Trading Efficiency' comes in. It's about making better decisions earlier, with shared data and a wider lens. Not optimizing a single voyage, but understanding how each decision impacts the broader system. As both highlight in the interview, the industry has become very good at point efficiency. The next step is system efficiency. That also requires a shift in mindset across the value chain, from chasing short-term volume to enabling better long-term outcomes. As Meyer puts it: “When incentives are aligned around system outcomes rather than point outcomes, cooperation becomes the economically rational choice.” 🔗 Read the full interview here (pages 38–40): https://lnkd.in/dNgiXDCc #TradingEfficiency #Opinion #DryBulk #KlavenessDryBulk Image: Klaveness Forum Dubai, February 2026.