Shanghai port handled over 46 million TEU in 2025, up 6.5%, highlighting its pivotal role in global trade despite China's economic challenges.

The continuous cascading of surplus Panamax vessels into North-South trades is still contributing to over-capacity, and the problem is likely to get worse when the Panama Canal’s widened locks are opened at the end of 2015. MSC’s recently announced service between Asia and West Africa deploying 10 ships averaging 4,000 teu underlines a growing difficulty for