Alkagesta chief executive Orkhan Rustamov has called for shipping companies and commodity traders to coordinate more closely in response to rising freight costs, according to Alkagesta Newsroom. In an opinion article published by The Motor Ship, Rustamov examines what he describes as structural pressures behind record transport costs and argues that the industry must take an active role in addressing them, rather than treating higher charges as an unavoidable condition of doing business.
The company's account of the article points to several market developments informing his argument. These include tanker freight rates on Eastern Mediterranean and regional routes, the cost of shipping from the Gulf to the Far East, and Trans-Rhine freight costs that it says have reached a 14-year high. The newsroom summary does not give individual rate assessments or specify the periods covered by those market examples. It presents them as the backdrop to Rustamov's broader case for action on shipping cost resilience.
Rustamov identifies operational agility, diversification of supply chains and scenario planning as the central elements of a practical response, Alkagesta Newsroom said. His argument places responsibility on both shipping operators and traders to work in closer alignment, with the aim of creating supply networks that can adapt when conditions change abruptly. Geopolitical and environmental shocks are the two sources of disruption highlighted in the company's summary of the piece.
The article's emphasis is on how the shipping and trading industries should respond to cost pressures, rather than on accepting those pressures as fixed. According to the newsroom account, Rustamov frames more resilient and adaptable supply arrangements as a shared task for the two sectors. The company directs readers to the full opinion piece in The Motor Ship for his discussion of the freight developments and the industry response he advocates.