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Containers from Asia to Europe amounted to 1.82 million TEUs in August, down 1.7% year on year, according to data compiled by the Japan Maritime Center from statistics provided by the U.K.’s Container Trades Statistics. Although incurring its first contraction in 10 months, quantitatively, the trade remained brisk.
In the first eight months (January–August), a record 14.53 million TEUs were moved, up 10.2%.
In August, 1.43 million TEUs were shipped from China and Hong Kong, down 2.8%; 251,551 TEUs from Southeast Asia, up 9.8%; and 132,131 TEUs from other parts of Northeast Asia, down 9.2%.
By destination, 1.1 million TEUs were destined to North Europe, down 4.5%; 364,363 TEUs to the Western Mediterranean, up 8.2%; and 355,127 TEUs to the Eastern Mediterranean, down 2.1%.
