Trend · rank 94 of 250

Port & carrier concentration

A few shipping alliances and hub ports carry most containerised trade, so a nation's logistics reliability depends on gateway capacity, alternative routes and decisions taken by carriers outside its control.

Trade & InvestmentTrade, industry & supply chainslogisticstraderesilience

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Port & shipping concentration. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
94of 250
Sensitivity
6.7rank 188
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
34.0rank 126
Eigenvector
1.4
Betweenness
42.9
Links
12trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
24.0

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
96
Over a year
−4%Steady
Over three years
−18%
Peak
16424 Mar 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.36
Coverage
16languages · 55 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (16 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English49%101+5%
Russian10%139+53%
French9%86−4%
German9%120+22%
Japanese4%102+6%
Chinese4%135+23%
Spanish4%82−6%
Arabic2%86+2%
Italian2%95−11%
Polish1%113−16%
Portuguese1%90+3%
Turkish1%88−9%
Vietnamese1%85−14%
Swedish1%133+41%
Indonesian1%99−3%
Ukrainian1%119+34%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Australia

New Zealand

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

Canada

South Korea

United States

United Kingdom

China

Ireland

South Africa

Kenya

100

75

66

66

51

49

49

42

36

34

32

31

The 12 highest of 55 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English102+37%+5%−8%
EuropeGoogle in 7 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Swedish108+14%+10%+4%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country90+41%−28%−22%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian97+6%+1%−7%
South AsiaGoogle in 2 countries94+8%−11%+9%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Arabic, Turkish84−19%+6%−26%
AfricaGoogle in 3 countries116+7%+15%+28%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese95+1%+17%−20%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian143+52%+75%+26%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle88+47%−26%−33%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese87+1%−3%−34%
CanadaGoogle129+97%+6%+33%
ChinaGoogle90+41%−28%−22%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French125+11%+62%+25%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German110+29%+11%+7%
IndiaGoogle91+5%−13%+4%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian85−6%−17%−24%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian88−7%−5%−3%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese101+11%+8%−9%
South KoreaGoogle60+52%−20%−56%
MexicoGoogle131−4%+148%+73%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian139+37%+53%+29%
South AfricaGoogle84+8%−14%−36%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish82−26%+12%−31%
United KingdomGoogle82+11%−28%−27%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English98+32%+4%−15%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
5 · Very highLean inventories & just-in-time logisticsTrade, industry & supply chains184
4 · HighTrade corridor competitionTrade, industry & supply chains38
4 · HighSanctions circumvention networksTrade, industry & supply chains140
4 · HighEnergy import dependenceTrade, industry & supply chains141
3 · ModerateCommodity dependence & price volatilityTrade, industry & supply chains54
3 · ModerateStrategic stockpiles & reservesEnergy, networks & climate resilience66
3 · ModerateCritical input supplier concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains74
3 · ModerateDefence industrial base & munitionsConflict & security92
3 · ModerateMilitary logistics complexityConflict & security93
3 · ModerateFossil fuel supply & refiningEnergy, networks & climate resilience112
3 · ModerateContested maritime accessConflict & security117
3 · ModeratePersistent armed conflictConflict & security169