Reefer shipping to outpace growth of dry cargo trade
Seaborne reefer trade is on the brink of returning to growth in 2023, with volumes set to increase by 2.1%, outpacing the wider dry cargo trade, to reach 140.5 million tons this year. Probably, reefer shipping will continue to outgun other cargo types as the perishables trade proves more resilient to economic downturns.
Having weathered numerous storms in 2022 when the trade

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