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19.05.20
Spot Rates from Shanghai Fall in Major Trade Routes
The Shanghai Shipping Exchange’s Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) declined 4.0% to a reading of 729.23 last Friday, as the short demand prompted shipping lines to move ahead on rate cutt...
19.05.20
Box Volumes at Chinese Ports up 5.3% to 251 Mln TEUs in 2018
Ports in China handled 251 million TEUs of containers in total in 2018, up 5.3% from the previous year, according to statistics compiled by the nation’s Ministry of Transport (MOT). In breakdown, c...
19.05.17
Box Throughput at Hong Kong Dips 2.9% in April
The port of Hong Kong handled 1.555 million TEUs in April, down 2.9% from the same month last year. The figure represents a decline for 15 consecutive months running, according to the Hong Kong Mar...
19.05.16
Asia-to-US Box Traffic Grows 2.2% in April
Container exports to the U.S. from 10 major countries and regions in Asia grew 2.2% to a total of 1,262,770 TEUs in April, enjoying a year-on-year improvement for two back-to-back months, according...
19.05.14
Shanghai Box Freight Index Falls 2.7% Last Week
The Shanghai Shipping Exchange's Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) fell 2.7 percent to 756.88 last week from the previous Friday's reading of 778.00 to a reading of 703.67, as increases f...
19.05.13
Box Volumes at Taiwan’s Big 4 Ports Dip 0.9% in Q1
The combined volume of containerized shipments handled at major trade ports in Taiwan amounted to 3,724,139 TEUs in the first quarter (January-March) of 2019, down 0.9% year on year from 3,727,520 ...
19.05.13
Cross-Strait Box Traffic Rises 2.7% in Q1
A total of 584,823 TEUs of containers were traded directly between Taiwan and China in the first quarter (January-March) of 2019, up 2.74% year on year from 569,237 TEUs, according to the former ec...
19.05.09
Japan's Used Vehicle Exports Drop 4.6% in March
The total number of secondhand passenger cars, cargo freighters and busses exported from Japan in March decreased 4.6% to 116,936, incurring the first year-on-year contraction in three months, acco...
19.05.08
Box Throughput at Port of Kawasaki Tops 140,000 TEUs in 2018
The Port of Kawasaki handled 81,075,209 tons of cargo in 2018, down 4.5% from the previous year. In breakdown, oceangoing shipments accounted for 50,727,297 tons, down 9.3%, and domestic cargo, 30,...
19.05.07
Ex-China Spot Container Rates Fluctuate Slowly
China's export container transportation demand was mixed depending on markets and the Shanghai (Export) Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) issued by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE) stood at 77...
