A common conclusion of many forecasts, most of which were performed as a result of the spectacular rise in world seaborne trade and shipping from the mid 1960s and at the beginning of the 1970s, is that world seaborne trade will continue to surge rapidly upwards over the next few decades.
Isiphelo esiqhelekileyo sengxelo engaphambili eninzi ezinye zenziwe ziziphumo ulonyuko olunomtsalane kurhwebo lolwandle lwehlabathi lwenqanawa zendawo phakathi ko 1960 nasekuqaleni kuka 1970 lokuba urhwebo lwehlabathi lakuqhubekeka lugaleleke ngokukhawuleza ngaphezulu kuneminye iminyaka elishumi ezayo.