Container shipping outlook: demand shifts to non-US trade lanes

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BIMCO’s latest Container Shipping Market Overview & Outlook highlights diverging trade dynamics as 2025 unfolds. Global ship supply is set to rise 7.3 % this year and 3.1 % in 2026 amid persistently low recycling. Demand is driven by longer-haul trades into Sub-Saharan Africa, South & Central America, and South & West Asia, offsetting weaker flows into North America where tariffs curb […]

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