Esgian Shipping RoRo and MPP Market Reports for December 2025

RoRo December 2025 highlights:

Trade route analysis – Far East to Mexico: Activity along the Far East–Mexico route showed an overall upward trend despite mixed performance across the period. SAIC Anji’s market entry and rapid growth were particularly notable, highlighting Mexico’s rising importance as a key automotive trade gateway to the Americas.

Regional Port Call Focus – Red Sea: Port calls remained subdued in 2025, averaging around 16 calls per month. While sporadic monthly upticks occurred, volumes stayed well below pre-crisis levels, pointing to only limited recovery amid ongoing security concerns.

Regional Update – East Coast of Africa: In December 2025, the region recorded 40 deep-sea port calls, a 29% increase year over year. Activity also increased month on month, rising 38% from 29 calls in November. In 2025, the region logged a total of 349 port calls, representing a 25% increase compared with 280 calls over the same period in 2024.

MPP December 2025 highlights:

Trade route analysis – Far East to Arabian Gulf: Activity on the Far East–Arabian Gulf route moderated to 167 sailings in 2024 (14 per month), normalizing from the 2023 peak while
remaining above 2022 levels. By September 2025, sailings reached 133 (15 per month), indicating broadly stable activity in line with 2024.

Regional update – Black Sea: Black Sea port calls increased to 40 in December 2025, up 29% year-on-year and 29% month-on-month. In 2025, total port calls in the region reached 328, approximately 18% below the 398 calls recorded in 2024.

Canals update – Panama Canal:Average monthly transits declined from 45 in 2022 to 35 in 2023 and 26 in 2024, before recovering to 38 in 2025. Activity in 2025
peaked at 45 transits in May and fell to a low of 23 in November, indicating partial normalization following earlier disruptions.

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