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</script>https://ufreight.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/container-ship-top-view-scaled.jpg780500With a strong presence in the global container shipping arena, the U-Freight Group notes that BIMCO has announced that despite increasing trade policy uncertainty and falling freight rates, the container ship order book has continued to expand. According to BIMCO, the order book now totals more than 1,350 ships with a combined capacity of 11.8 million teu. In 2025, global average container freight rates fell an estimated 13% year-on-year while US import tariff increases raised concerns about increasing trade protectionism. Despite this, global container volumes grew 4.7% year-on-year, according to Container Trade Statistics, and shipowners ordered a record high 4.8 million teu of new ship capacity. According to BIMCO, during the first two months of 2026, shipowners have ordered another 102 ships with a combined capacity of 665,000 teu, bringing the total order book to 11.8 million teu at the end of February; an increase of 28% year-on-year.