Drewry’s Global Container Port Throughput Index increased 1.6% MoM and 4.4% YoY in June 2025. Although the rolling 12-month growth rate for global port handling softened slightly to 6.4%, by the halfway mark of 2025 YTD performance is well ahead of the anticipated growth for the year, even after the full year forecast was upgraded to 2.7% in July.

• The strongest growth this year has been reported by the Middle East and South Asia region where volumes are up 9.1% YTD. Greater China, Latin America and Europe are also experiencing significant growth YTD, up 6.2%, 5.8% and 5.7%, respectively.
• The Greater China Container Port Throughput Index increased in June 2025, rising 3.6% MoM to 129.4 points, up 3.5% YoY. The rolling 12-month growth rate in Greater China fell to 6.1%, below the global average of 6.4%. However, the largest ports in the region continue to experience above average growth, with the top five ports up 7.4% YoY on average for 2Q25. Ningbo in particular had a good quarter, with volumes surging 9.5% YoY. At the other end of the spectrum, Hong Kong continued its slide, down 8.2% YoY for 2Q25-monthly volumes in June fell below 1 mteu for only the second time in the last 15 years (and the only other time was in February 2024 – a short month impacted by Chinese New Year holidays).
• The North American Container Port Throughput Index rose 1.7% MoM in June to 110.3 points, but was down 4.0% YoY and the rolling 12-month average growth rate reduced to 8.4%. While Long Beach and Los Angeles saw significant volume increases in June compared to May, this was the exception for the region as throughput at most of the other major regional ports slid back in June. 
• The European Container Port Throughput Index fell 1.5% MoM in June, but was up 6.4% YoY to 114.0 points. The rolling 12-month average growth rate increased to 6.0%, narrowing the gap to the global average growth rate of 6.4%. Port Said East has had a remarkable few months-throughput in 2Q25 was 50% higher than last year, with the East Mediterranean hub benefitting from both the recovery in volumes following the Red Sea diversions and increased support from the new Gemini partnership.