Breakdown of global maritime trade by cargo 1980-2020
The volume of international seaborne trade increased between 1980 and 2020, although the year 2020 saw a dip compared with the previous year, mainly attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. Especially maritime container trade and main bulk trade recorded a significant growth in the last decades. In 2020, around 1.85 billion tons of containerized cargo and some 3.2 billion tons of bulk cargo were loaded in ports worldwide.