Shipping market review: diverging trends across global shipping sectors
December 19, 2025
UNCTAD’s September 2025 update finds trade-policy uncertainty at unprecedented levels—often more disruptive than tariffs—triggering front-loading, shipment rerouting and higher volatility, especially for SMEs and developing/LDC exporters. The brief flags recent U.S. policy shifts as a case study and urges advance notice, rule-based coordination and market diversification to restore predictability. Source: UNCTAD
