Trends

Dry cargo
The Big Picture
What can change China’s coal import appetite?
July 10, 2025

Container
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Tariff impact
US price pressures to increase
July 10, 2025
China’s share of US imports drops to 10%
Global throughput in April & May remained in positive territory

Dry cargo
The Big Picture
Confrontation in the Middle East: the impacts on dry bulk fertiliser trade
July 03, 2025

Dry cargo
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Europe’s steel sector challenges
June 26, 2025

Container
The Big Picture
Fleet Update
Fleet grows & scrapping slows
June 26, 2025
Container fleet expansion maintains pace amid strategic shift to alternative fuels and long-term Red Sea diversion threat
Boxship Boom Rolls On: Deliveries Hold Pace as Order Book Surges Past 9.6 Million TEU

Container
The Big Picture
Outlook uncertainty
Charter rates may hit cyclical low by 2027
June 20, 2025
Fleet growth and overcapacity pressure future market stability
Containership demolitions may spark recovery by early 2028

Dry cargo
The Big Picture
Sub-Saharan Africa’s increasing wheat demand
June 19, 2025

Dry cargo
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World Bank: global economy set for weakest run since 2008
June 12, 2025

Dry cargo
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S.Africa’s growing, but low-profile, contribution to dry bulk trade growth
June 05, 2025

Container
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Box ship order surge
Policy-driven acceleration
June 05, 2025
Strategic Drivers Behind the Order Boom
Rebalancing Through Recycling
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