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 …