The first half of 2020 saw a dip in the volumes of containers shipped worldwide, which can be attributed to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the second half of 2020, the container shipping industry started recovering from the pandemic with the volumes of transported containers increasing. While this trend continued in the first months of 2021 as well, certain events, such as the blockage of the Suez Canal in March 2021 and the closure of the Yantian Port in May 2021, slowed the growth in transported volumes.
Year-on-year change in container shipping volumes worldwide from January 2020 to May 2021
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Hapag-Lloyd. (August 12, 2021). Year-on-year change in container shipping volumes worldwide from January 2020 to May 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267908/yoy-change-in-container-transport-volumes-worldwide-monthly/
Hapag-Lloyd. "Year-on-year change in container shipping volumes worldwide from January 2020 to May 2021." Chart. August 12, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267908/yoy-change-in-container-transport-volumes-worldwide-monthly/
Hapag-Lloyd. (2021). Year-on-year change in container shipping volumes worldwide from January 2020 to May 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267908/yoy-change-in-container-transport-volumes-worldwide-monthly/
Hapag-Lloyd. "Year-on-year Change in Container Shipping Volumes Worldwide from January 2020 to May 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267908/yoy-change-in-container-transport-volumes-worldwide-monthly/
Hapag-Lloyd, Year-on-year change in container shipping volumes worldwide from January 2020 to May 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267908/yoy-change-in-container-transport-volumes-worldwide-monthly/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Year-on-year change in container shipping volumes worldwide from January 2020 to May 2021 [Graph], Hapag-Lloyd, August 12, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267908/yoy-change-in-container-transport-volumes-worldwide-monthly/