News / Outlook for container shipping 'more uncertain now than at the onset of Covid'

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Shippers are advised to prepare for “difficult operational and shipping conditions” as maritime analyst Drewry today revealed grim demand predictions for container throughput. 

As the US administration “takes a chainsaw to the rule books on governance, foreign diplomacy, and international trade”, the outlook for container shipping is “more uncertain now than it was at the onset of the Covid virus”, said Simon Heaney, senior manager of container research at Drewry. 

“The difference now is that then, the world quickly got to grips ...