Shipping continues to navigate COVID-19 post-pandemic trends, the legacies of the 2021–2022 crunch in global supply chains, a softening in the container shipping market and shifts in shipping and trading patterns arising from the conflict in Ukraine.

Participants of the State Council, chaired by Vladimir Putin, have discussed Russia’s draft transport strategy until 2035. Will it be possible to achieve ambitious goals in the face of new risks and challenges?