Shipping market review: diverging trends across global shipping sectors
December 19, 2025
Global merchandise trade turned upwards in the first half of 2024 with a 2.3% year-on-year increase, which should be followed by further moderate expansion in the rest of the year and in 2025. The rebound comes on the heels of a slump in 2023 driven by high inflation and rising interest rates. WTO economists now anticipate that the volume of […]
