Someone falling into a deep coma four years ago in December 2019 and re-awakening today might be forgiven for believing that little had changed in the world of deep-sea containers. Container Trade Statistics reported a 4.7% growth in global loaded TEU. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index was marginally higher. Maersk’s Q3 EBITDA was still around 14% of turnover. Mean ship size was up by 11%. How misleading those initial observations would have been!