Comment / African demand + capacity = import explosion feeding container growth

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The key growth figures first.

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The Far East-Sub Saharan Africa container trade is clearly the most dynamic corridor covered by CTS currently, with last year’s box numbers up 26.5% on 2024 to hit 4.79m teu.

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That growth has continued – in the first four months of this year, they are up 28.3% year-to-date to 1.74m teu.

The star performer last year was of course the China-West Africa corridor, where a demand explosion happily coincided with a  flood ...