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21.08.30

SCFI Marks New High for 16 Straight Weeks

The composite China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI), which is for medium- and long-term contracts, picked up 1% to 3,079.04 points in Week 34, making an improvement from the previous term for tw...

21.08.26

Box Trade between Japan and China Gains Momentum in H1

Container exports from Japan to China shrank 1% to 823,377 tons in June, the Japan Maritime Center (JMC) has unveiled. Due to decreases in wastepaper and other commodities, they incurred a year-on-...

21.08.25

Spot Rates from Shanghai Increase for 15th Consecutive Week

The composite Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) hiked 1.2% to 4,340.2 points in Week 33, marking an increase from the previous week for 15 times in a row, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (...

21.08.25

Box Volume to/from China Shrinks Due to Congestion at Southern Ports

Chinese ports handled a total of 23.71 million TEUs of containers in July, down 0.5% from the same month last year, according to the nation’s Ministry of Transport (MOT). Coastal ports were respons...

21.08.23

Japan-US Box Trade Jumps 49.6% to 56,643 TEUs in July

Container exports from Japan to the U.S. amounted to 56,643 TEUs in July, jumping 49.6% from the same month last year and registering their first year-on-year growth in two months, according to Des...

21.08.20

Reopening of Meidong Container Terminal Targeted at Sept 6

Meidong Container Terminal at Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in China has earmarked a tentative reopening date of September 6. As no new cases of Covid-19 have been detected, a phased reopening might begi...

21.08.19

Spot Rates Rise Moderately on Shanghai to US

Spot rates for container exports from the Chinese port of Shanghai in Week 32 fell 0.1% from the previous week to $7,407 per TEU to Europe but improved 0.1% to $7,051 per TEU to the Mediterranean, ...

21.08.17

Container Volumes in Japan Wane 7.6% to 17.4Mln TEUs in 2020

Japan’s 64 oceangoing container ports handled a total of 17,413,872 TEUs of loaded and unloaded export and import containers in 2020, down 7.6% from the previous year, the Harbor Modernization Prom...

21.08.16

New Monthly Record Set for Asia-US Box Trade in July

Container exports to the U.S. from 10 leading countries and regions in Asia grew 10% year on year to 1.72 million TEUs in July, setting a new monthly record, according to Descartes Datamyne. Due to...