Global Shipping Container Trends in 2022
Shipping Container is part of Freight and includes a number of sub-sectors such as Intermodal Container and Pallet. You may also be interested in Road Freight and Sea Freight.
Global container traffic volume is expected to reach almost 907 million twenty-foot equivalent units by 2026. This is an average annual growth rate of 1.8%, an increase from 799 million twenty-foot equivalent units in 2021. Since 2005, the global demand for containers has grown by an average of 2.5% each year. China was the number one global leader in 2021 with 255 million twenty-foot equivalent units. The United States, Singapore and South Korea followed, taking the second, third and fourth spots respectively. Togo experienced the highest growth of 36.2% since 2005, while Venezuela experienced a decrease of 32.7%.
Top 10 countries
In 2022 major markets in the Shipping Container Industry were:
Shipping Container Market Data and Forecasts
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- Container Traffic Volume 205 countries (Europe, Western Europe, Germany...)
- Freight Vessel Traffic 31 countries (Europe, Western Europe, European Union...)
- Wood Product Import 192 countries (Asia, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa...)
- Wood Product Export 188 countries (Asia, Europe, Latin America...)
- Container Handling At Ports 37 countries (Europe, Southern Europe, Northern Europe...)
- Container Fleet Size 36 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe...)
- Freight Vessel Fleet 45 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe...)
- Rail Freight Volume 99 countries (Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe...)
- Iron Sales 43 countries (Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe...)
- Iron Production 88 countries (Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe...)