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DHL Ocean Freight Market Update – May 2025
Tariff disputes, blank sailings, and port congestion disrupt ocean freight stability.
- Global GDP growth forecasts are now 2.2 percent for 2025 and 2.4 percent for 2026.
- Shippers paused shipments to evaluate tariff impacts, potentially reducing volumes in April and May.
- Global container trade grew by 11.2 percent in January.
- In March, schedule reliability improved by 3.0 ptp MoM to 57.5 percent, the highest since November 2023.
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