Trans-Pacific Box Volumes Contract First Time in Decade

Container research firm Alphaliner said trade on the trans-Pacific dropped in 2019 for the first time in a decade, the victim of the ongoing U.S.-China trade war and shippers deciding not to move boxes ahead of implementation of the new marine fuel standards in 2020.

The Paris-based researcher also offered a muted outlook on the container trade as…


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