This webinar, organised by Maritime London in partnership with members MDS Transmodal Ltd, will discuss the changes in the global deep-sea container market. The topics will include:

    •    Long term trade growth and the erratic trends of the last 12 months which led to a Q4 2020 demand 5% more than any other previous quarter
    •    Slow growth in liner service capacity so that utilisation levels are now very high
    •    Deteriorating service quality (reliability, port calls completed) as demand has led to port congestion and ships being off schedule
    •    A major spike in rates, exacerbated by a lack of equipment (i.e. containers) in major export areas (empties now having been returned earlier in the year)
    •    A wider reflection on the role of liner shipping on creating connectivity between trading countries
    •    Trends in carbon emissions
    •    Increasing concentration in the control and ownership of liner service capacity