Global Shipping Container Trends in 2024
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 projected to soar to approximately 1.04 billion Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) by 2028, up from about 908 million TEUs in 2023. This marks an average annual growth rate of 2.2%. Since 2005, global demand has risen at an average yearly rate of 2.9%. In 2023, China maintained its top position with an impressive 281 million TEUs. Following China, Slovenia, the United States, and Singapore respectively took the second, third, and fourth positions in the global ranking. Morocco experienced a significant surge, growing by 16.5% year on year. In stark contrast, Venezuela saw a dramatic decline, with container traffic dropping by 53.5% annually since 2005.
Top 10 countries
In 2024 major markets in the Shipping Container Industry were:
World Shipping Container Market Data and Forecasts
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World Shipping Container Top Rankings
Global Shipping Container Statistics
- Container Traffic Volume 205 countries (Europe, Western Europe, Germany...)
- Freight Vessel Traffic 31 countries (Europe, Western Europe, European Union...)
- Wood Product Import 197 countries (Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia...)
- Wood Product Export 193 countries (Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia...)
- Container Handling At Ports 37 countries (Europe, Southern Europe, Spain...)
- Industrial Equipment Import 192 countries (Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia...)
- Industrial Equipment Export 189 countries (Asia, Africa, Latin America...)
- Container Fleet Size 36 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe...)
- Freight Vessel Fleet 45 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe...)
- Iron Sales 47 countries (Europe, Southern Europe, Northern Europe...)
