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Global industry overview - container shipping: more positive box outlook in H212
Improvements in freight rates and a decline in the price of bunker fuel indicate a brighter outlook for the container shipping sector in H212. Thes e pos itives are, however, counterweig hted with a neg ative in that volumes on the major trade routes are s tarting to s low and decline and this trend is s et to g ather pace in the s econd half of 20 12, with the threat of another year of losses a very strong reality for the full year. After Wan Hai Lines was the only container carrier to pos t a profit in 20 11, Q112 turned out to be even more dis as trous for the s ector, with the Taiwanes e line joining its peers in the red, as all box lines pos ted a los s .