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Box trade growth slows but no danger of slump
Global supply-demand differential narrows
Janet Porter - Thursday 10 July 2008
GLOBAL container trade growth is slowing, with the latest 2008 projections showing a widening gap between tonnage supply and demand.
New figures from Clarkson Research forecast growth in loaded container moves this year at 8.7%, well down on an earlier prediction of 9.7%.
With capacity expected to expand by 13.2% in 2008, the supply and demand eq...
