ISL Shipping Statistics and Market Review 2026 [Print]

Publication date: 02.2026-01.2027

Volume 70 (2026), ISSN 0947-0220

Each issue of the SSMR includes an “ISL Market Review” with leading indicators to reflect market trends continuously, namely: Economic indicators, World merchant fleet, Freight and charter market, Shipping prices and costs, World shipbuilding, World port traffic.

We differentiate between 28 separate indicators which reflect relevant market developments on a monthly and quarterly basis.

This English language publication comprises the following sections:

Market Review

Monthly brief information bulletins on major supply and demand indicators in the sectors of shipping and shipbuilding

Statistical Topics

Continuous statistical evaluations of the shipping and shipbuilding markets, information on the development of seaborne trade and freight rates, data on major seaports of the world, as well as on shipping and goods traffic on sea canals and detailed statistical analyses of individual markets.

Market Analysis

Short commentaries on the development of individual markets.