Carbon emissions performance in ocean container shipping is recovering following a record-breaking 12 months due to conflict in the Red Sea, Xeneta said.
Most container ships continue to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 2025, yet carbon emissions performance on the top 13 global trades in Q2 2025 has narrowed to being just 1.5 per cent higher than Q2 2023, when most ships transited the Suez Canal.