As tariffs loom, front-loading will be the key trend for US container trade
US container trade trends were in rude health in 2024, and the second Trump administration ...
As economies continue to rebound, global container trade is expected to grow by 5.8% this year, according to a forecast today from Alphaliner.
Recently, the IMF revised its global GDP growth forecast for this year to 6%, which suggests container volumes are set to track economic growth.
However, Alphaliner’s analysis suggests that in fact the opposite will happen, and “the long-term trend shows a continued decline in the teu-to-GDP growth multiplier, linking container traffic to global economic growth”.
It explained that, in the ...
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