Shipping market review: diverging trends across global shipping sectors
December 19, 2025
On the inbound traffic side, container trade through U.S. West Coast ports slowed dramatically in January. While coastwide traffic did increase 4.9% (+44,825 TEUs) from January 2018, the number of inbound loaded boxes was down 9.7% (-103,662 TEUs) from the previous month, signaling an abrupt end to a late year import surge that was driven largely by fears of rising […]
