Industry consolidation is inevitable said Bonney

The Falcons would have not one or two or three but SEVEN shots at the end zone. Nov. 23, 2009, was a tumultuous day for the Montreal Canadiens.Golden boy Guillaume Latendresse was traded for Benoit Pouliot, and enfant terrible Sergei Kostitsyn was called up from Hamilton, ending a 20-game penitentiary in the minors for the disgruntled forward.In only a few days, Kostitsyn has gone from the Hamilton Bulldogs to the top line of the Montreal Canadiens. Not bad at all, although this can be mainly attributed to all the injuries the Canadiens have faced in the past week.In three games with the big club, the younger Kostitsyn has recorded two assists with a plus three rating. Again, not bad at all.But past the stats, Kostitsyn is also a legitimate offensive threat who can make things happen when the puck is on his stick.A gifted playmaker, he is also a nimble stickhandler, a skill which he put on full display last night against Washington.However, it isn't all perfect yet.Kostitsyn has been guilty of a few bad turnovers since his return, notably a giveaway at the blueline in Mellon Arena which resulted in a two-on-one.

A boneheaded penalty in his first game back doesn't help, either. But with such a talented offensive player such as Kostitsyn, the potential offense that he can bring to the table far outweigh those mistakes.When Scott Gomez and Andrei Kostitsyn return, expect Sergei to move down to the second line.Hopefully he will not ask to be traded when that happens (I kid). But with him and Tomas Plekanec, and perhaps Max Pacioretty, the Habs might finally have a permanent second line.And with all all the trouble the Canadiens have had with secondary scoring this season, perhaps this might make Bob Gainey hesitate to trade Kostitsyn, as many have said he will do eventually.He has little to no value on the trade market right now, sow why throw him awayWith all the good things he can bring to the team, and the depth he will provide when the bigger names come back, Sergei Kostitsyn is a huge asset for the club.. 8 /PRNewswire/ A sharp contraction in world trade hasidled more than 200 container ships, threatening the survival of manycompanies, according to The Journal of Commerce (), which hasprovided authoritative coverage of the industry since 1827."The slump in container shipping appears certain to extend into 2010 orbeyond. Some companies won't survive," said Joseph Bonney, editor-in-chief ofThe Journal of Commerce, which is part of UBM Global Trade(), a division of United Business Media Limited().Carriers operating from Asia to Europe, the world's busiest container traderoute, are expected to lose up to $5 billion this year. Additional losses areforecast for 2009."This is the biggest challenge the industry has faced since container shipsbegan replacing conventional freighters nearly 50 years ago," Bonney said.Statistics compiled by PIERS (Port Import Export Reporting Service) GlobalIntelligence Solutions (), a sister company of The Journal ofCommerce, show that volume on Asia-to-U.S.

routes declined 7.8 percent in2008.The decline accelerated toward the end of the year as the recession hit fullforce and retailers cut back on orders Further declines in trade volume areforecast for this year. Most of the world's trade in consumer and manufactured goods is carried incontainers, which began to replace conventional freighters on internationaltrade routes in the 1960s. Today the largest container ships carry enoughcargo to fill 6,000 over-the-road trucks. The current downturn comes after several years of steady growth in shippingvolumes, The Journal of Commerce reports. For container ship lines, the weakvolume is aggravated by sharp increase in capacity. During the next two years,shipyards are scheduled to launch more than 100 ships at least twice the sizeof the largest container ships in service just 15 years ago. With shipcapacity exceeding cargo demand, freight rates have plunged on key routes."Industry consolidation is inevitable," said Bonney.