
Stagnating trade and a ballooning surplus of shipping containers, following easing of pandemic era supply chain constraints, has led to a collapse in newbuild container output, which is forecast by UK consultants Dreary to slump to its lowest level in 14 years.
Drewry estimates that global box production contracted 71% year-on-year to 306,000 teu in the first quarter of 2023, the lowest level since the same period of 2010.
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