THE international shipping industry may be still reeling from the major economic downturn a decade ago, but prospects will look better starting next year, according to a maritime school official.

Dr. Neopol Salvador, director of the School of Graduate Studies at the Asian Institute of Maritime Studies (AIMS), said the shipping market was still suffering from the impact of the global economic crisis of 2008 after experiencing its golden years five years before that.

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