THE ECONOMIST

Can all this optimism be justified?

COMMENT: Demand growth in volume terms remains buoyant at 5.2% in 2017 but does anyone remember the 15%-25% growth rates before the Great Recession, asks Ben Hackett.

Ports are under increasing pressure as more 10,000-plus teu ships enter the market. Credit - Coast Guard News, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

COMMENT: Demand growth in volume terms remains buoyant at 5.2% in 2017 but does anyone remember the 15%-25% growth rates before the Great Recession, asks Ben Hackett.

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