“Since 2019, the global container market has grown 8%, ending at 183.2m TEU in 2024 according to Container Trade Statistics. However, growth has been very uneven and regional imbalances between exports and imports have increased by 33%,” says Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO. In 2019, regional imbalances totalled 58.8m TEU, equal to 52% …