Meanwhile in #suplychain #logistics, the production of #containers has sharply declined as global trade continues to be constrained & a surplus of containers sits at ports around the world.

Whether this is a lead or lagging indicator is an interesting Q.: does it merely reflect a previous surge & now over-capacity in containers ready to be used, or does it reflect worsening expectations for global trade?

Or given these are 20ft containers, does it relfect a swing back to larger 40ft units?

@ChrisMayLA6 It says 20ft equivalent, so I think it counts a 40ft as 2 20fts.

@tokensane

see earlier discussion in the timeline about my (causal) conflation of two different aspects of the issue from the FT article... apologies if this led to me being unclear