AJOT Newsroom
| July 13, 2022
| Maritime | Liner Shipping
The global pool of shipping containers increased by 13% to almost 50 mteu in 2021, which was three times prior growth trend. This reflected lessors and ocean carriers ordering a record number of containers, while retiring fewer ageing units, as congestion across global supply chains meant containers were an estimated 15% to 20% less productive than in pre-Covid-19 times, according to Drewry’s recently published Container Census & Leasing Annual Review & Forecast 2022/23 report.