But Van der Steene said shipping companies expect the volatility that has pervaded global trade since Covid to be back in 2025. "The e-commerce market has been surprisingly strong," said van der Steene. Maersk has started to see a progression of trade moving over to the West Coast, Van der Steene said. Red Sea diversions and the ILA strike contributed to delayed arrivals in 2024. "We will be quite prominently driving from that 58% all the way up to 90% in the course of 2025," Van der Steene said.

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