1、Changing Tides:The future of Maritime Transport in Asia PacificChanging Tides:Maritime Transport in Asia-PacificChanging Tides:The future of Maritime Transport in Asia Pacific2An Asian Transport Observatory(ATO)PublicationChanging Tides:Maritime Transport in Asia PacificSeptember 2025 Contributors:S

2、udhir Gota,Alvin Mejia,Mel Eden,Adwait Limaye,Benjamin Soco Cover page picture credits:Kinsey Wang(unsplash)Suggested citation:Asian Transport Observatory.(September 2025).Changing tides:Maritime Transport in Asia Pacific.Asian Transport Observatory.https:/ Asian Transport Observatory(ATO)project co

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5、ify,interpret,and judge the data before utilizing them.Supported by:Changing Tides:The future of Maritime Transport in Asia Pacific3SummaryThe worlds economic center of gravity has moved.The Asia-Pacific region,home to half the planets people and economic output,is now the pivot of global trade.What

6、 happens on its watersstagnation or progressreverberates globally,shaping sustainable development far beyond its shores.The ocean carries the worlds goods.Roughly 80%of all international trade moves by sea;for many developing Asian nations,the share is higher still.In 2023,this trade surpassed 12 bi