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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 ...