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Sharp upturn in use of shipping containers

The use of shipping containers, a barometer of the global economy, has risen sharply this year, surpassing even the record levels of 2008.

Two of the most important companies in container trade – Denmark’s AP Møller-Maersk and Dubai’s DP World – yesterday reported further evidence of the recovery in the trade in the boxes that carry the world’s manufactured goods.

The upturn, boosted by traffic of goods to and from emerging economies, has been so strong that analysts say that it has caught many by surprise.

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