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Downcast: will global container throughput be as low as 0.3% this year? Credit: John Bugg

COMMENT: Industry analyst Alphaliner has come up with the stunning statistic that global container traffic will grow by just 0.3% this year, the second slowest growth rate since 2009 when volume shrank by -8.3% following the global financial crisis.

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