P&M works to relieve the pressure as the wheels of commerce start turning again As we enter the third quarter of 2021, the global marine transport and logistics provider Peters & May is working round the clock to mitigate the collective impact of several significant factors upon the freight transport infrastructure. An accumulation of adverse circumstances is currently placing the shipping industry under an unparalleled degree of pressure. The first and most obvious cause of disruption is the pandemic, which has engendered a whole series of challenges in itself. For many months, the seat of the problem was inevitably related to global lockdown restrictions and port closures. However, now that factories and ports are gradually starting to reopen, cargo movements have increased dramatically, so the emphasis has shifted to clearing the enormous backlog of shipments that have accrued over the preceding months.