The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on container freight demand, but growth returned to the market in August for the time this year, writes Sea-Intelligence.
Global demand for container freight grew 1.5 percent in August compared to the same period last year. To put it in perspective, this corresponds to an increase of 212,000 teu compared to August 2019.
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