News from a biggie

Container biggie AP Maersk reported Q2 2022 results recently.
Q2 2022 numbers weaker suggesting consumer confidence is weakening and bottlenecks at ports.

Hmm! But wouldn’t the second item be a positive for the container shipping sector?

Quite jumbled–
The Copenhagen-based company confirmed forecast-beating second-quarter numbers announced on Tuesday, when it also raised 2022 profit guidance as congested global supply
chains that have boosted freight rates persist longer than expected.

https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/maersk-sees-weaker-dema…

My guess is, port bottlenecks is a positive for a certain level. But once it exceeds that level it flips to being a negative

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