SLUGGISH growth in global container port volumes is here to stay. That is the clear message from analysts to an industry that should not read too much into recent trade developments. Box traffic may have surged in the first half of 2017 -prompting revised forecasts of unprecedented 5% or even 6% full-year volume growth - but that will prove to be an anomaly. Moderate demand growth could return as early as next year.
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