Container shipping’s resilience test is delivering mixed results

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A Sea-Intelligence chart analyzes the recovery time of container shipping delays following disruptions since 2012, noting an accelerating speed of recovery. The data highlights resilience trends in global container shipping amid multiple shocks.

A striking chart published this week by Sea-Intelligence tracks the containment speed of every major container shipping disruption since 2012 — measuring how long it took late delays to return to pre-shock levels after each event. The pattern it reveals is one of accelerating recovery: three months after the 2014 US West Coast labour dispute, …