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26.06.01
S. Korea–Japan Container Trade Shrinks 4.6% to 496K TEUs in Jan.–April
South Korea–Japan container trade shrank 4.6% year on year to 496,088 TEUs in the first four months (January–April), according to the Korea Nearsea Freight Conference (KNFC). Outbound containers fr...
26.05.29
S. Korea’s Intra-Asia Container Trade Shinks 5% in April
South Korea’s container trade with eight other Asian economies amounted to 343,100 TEUs in April, down 5% year on year from 362,200 TEUs, a contraction for three consecutive months since February, ...
26.05.28
Containers to/from China Increase 7.2% to 120 Mil. TEUs in Jan.-April
Chinese ports handled 120.35 million TEUs of containers in the first four months (January-April), up 7.2% year on year, according to the nation's transport ministry. Coastal ports were responsible ...
26.05.27
Asia-Europe Container Exports Set New Records for March, Q1
Asia’s container exports to Europe amounted to 1.64 million TEUs in March, up 1.7% year on year for five consecutive months of growth and a new record for the month in question, according to statis...
26.05.26
IACI Increases 2% in Week 21, 75% Higher Than Pre-Iran Conflict Levels
Drewry's Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI) increased 2% from the previous week to $959 per FEU in Week. The index, which has remained on an upward trend for five weeks now, was nearly 75% higher th...
26.05.25
WCI Increases 6% in Week 21
The Drewry World Container Index (WCI) increased 6% from the previous week to $2,712 per FEU in Week 21, mainly due to higher freight rates on the Asia-Europe trade route. From a year earlier, it w...
26.05.22
US Container Imports from Japan Surge 11.7% in April
U.S. container imports from Japan amounted to 61,949 TEUs in April (based on volumes at ports of origin), up 11.7% year on year and 13.1% month on month, according to Descartes Datamyne. In the fir...
26.05.21
Japan’s Tsuruga Port to Have Another Gantry Crane in FY2026
The Port of Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture, Japan is scheduled to have an additional gantry crane in its Mariyama Minami District this fiscal year after a second multipurpose crane became operational ...
26.05.20
NOAA: El Nino Like to Emerge in Nov.-Jan.
El Nino is highly likely--with a probability of 98%--to emerge in the three months from November this year through January next year, according to the latest projection by the U.S. National Oceanic...
26.05.19
Full-Scale Operation of CONPAS to Begin at Yokohama Port in July
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan’s Kanto Regional Development Bureau will begin the full-scale operation of Container Fast Pass (CONPAS) in mid-July at BC...
