If 2016 was “the year that changed the world”, as some people like to say, then what can 2017 possibly offer as a follow-up act?
Most of us will be hoping for a little less drama. The shipping industry had a horrible 12 months — some sectors would argue the worst in 30 years — and the main economic change was a decision by Opec to turn its back on an eight-year policy of unrestrained crude production.
