Asia-Pacific maritime trade remains the backbone of global flows
December 4, 2025
In 2020, the global port traffic volume is estimated at 728 million TEU and ESCAP estimated at 594 million TEU. During the same period, the average annual growth rate of ESCAP ports is estimated to be 8.2%, which is higher than the global growth rate of 4.3%. Source: Sooyeob Kim, Vincent Vaudel
