FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The container shipping market is expected to come under increasing supply pressure in 2027 as accelerating fleet growth outpaces demand, while a potential return to Suez Canal routings could further weaken ship demand, according to BIMCO. Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO, explained that disruptions and strong growth in head-haul trades continue to support the container shipping market in 2026, but accelerating fleet growth could weaken the supply/demand balance in 2027 RelatedNews Iran offers to restore Hormuz shipping access amid push for US negotiations Regional incidents put focus back on Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb var jnews_module_21382733_0_6ab3d36bf3318 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21382733","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"62,4500,1573,2647,1582","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_ima