1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Viewpoints - The China - Southeast Asia shipping route is the world's largest trade corridor, showing resilience in trade tensions. The Southeast Asian container shipping market has strong growth momentum driven by economic growth and industrial transfer [8][33]. - In 2025, the North Asia - Southeast Asia route had the highest capacity share and the fastest growth rate among intra - Asia trades. However, future capacity growth may be constrained by the high average age and low orderbook of feeder vessels [26][34]. - Southeast Asian shipping routes generally have lower freight rate volatility than long - haul routes, with certain correlations to Northern Europe rates. New contracts listed by the Shanghai International Energy Exchange provide more options for hedging [2][35]. 3. Summary by Directory 3.1 Current Situation of the Southeast Asia Container Shipping Market - The China - Southeast Asia route is the world's largest trade corridor. In 2025, the trade value between China and ASEAN reached 1,055.87 billion USD, up 7.3% year - on - year. Asian intra - regional routes are the world's largest container shipping market. From January to October 2025, the cargo volume in this regional market reached 41.234 million TEUs, accounting for 25.9% of the global total, with a year - on - year growth rate of 5.1% [8]. - Due to short shipping distances, the China - Southeast Asia route is highly competitive, with carriers including global giants and regional specialists. Major routes include services from China to Singapore/Malaysia, Thailand/Vietnam, and Indonesia [11]. - Freight rates on Southeast Asian routes generally have lower volatility than long - haul routes, with seasonal patterns. Rates usually retreat from highs in January and February, rebound in early March, and are driven up in mid - April by the Songkran Festival. In 2025, due to tariff - driven front - running, rates surged prematurely between March and May, fell during the traditional peak period (June - August), hit a floor in the August - September off - season, and rebounded in October [12][13]. 3.2 Demand in Southeast Asian Shipping Market - The six major economies of ASEAN (Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam) have shown economic resilience, with a three - year compound GDP growth rate of 3% in 2024, surpassing the overall GDP growth rate of Asia by 0.3 percentage points [16]. - The trade war between China and the United States has led to a global supply chain restructuring, and Southeast Asia has become an important destination for industrial transfer. From January to November 2025, China's exports to five ASEAN countries reached 492.33 billion US dollars, a year - on - year increase of 14.6%. By October 2025, the container cargo volume in the Asian market reached 41.234 million TEUs, a cumulative year - on - year increase of 5.3% [20]. - Among the commodities transported by general cargo containers, Vietnam accounts for the highest proportion (31.5%) of China's exports to the five ASEAN countries. In 2025, the total value of China's exports of 33 categories of commodities to the five ASEAN countries reached US$202.48 billion [24]. 3.3 Southeast Asian market capacity and competition landscape - In 2025, the North Asia - Southeast Asia route had the highest capacity share (56.1%) and the fastest growth rate (19.1% year - on - year) among all intra - Asia trades. By the end of 2025, the total capacity deployed by carriers within the intra - Asia market reached 3.415 million TEUs, a year - on - year increase of 11.7% [26]. - Regional carriers such as Wan Hai, SITC, and TS Lines maintain a strong presence in the intra - Asia market. They focus on strategic layouts within Southeast Asian feeder routes and offer differentiated services, serving as essential supplements to regional market coverage [30]. 3.4 Outlook - From a demand perspective, the Southeast Asian market shows diversified and high - growth characteristics in importing Chinese goods, driven by economic growth and industrial transfer dividends [33]. - Future capacity growth may be constrained by the high average age and low orderbook of feeder vessels. - Southeast Asian routes typically have lower freight rate volatility than long - haul routes, with a 75.8% correlation between rates from China to Singapore and Malaysia and Northern Europe rates, and a 51.7% correlation for Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. New contracts EC2605, EC2607, and EC2609 listed on February 10th provide more options for hedging [35].