Shipping market review: diverging trends across global shipping sectors
December 19, 2025
Longer routes—not bigger cargo volumes—drove 2024’s “growth,” so 2025 is about managing distance-inflated costs and volatility while preparing fleets, ports and contracts for tighter decarbonization rules and uneven demand. UNCTAD’s 2025 review shows seaborne trade volumes up modestly in 2024 but with a much bigger jump in ton-miles as Red Sea rerouting lengthened voyages—pushing costs, delays and emissions higher. Outlook […]
