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21.11.26
Higher Freight Rates Cast Shadow over Economic Recovery: UNCTAD
The recovery of the global economy is threatened by high freight rates, which are likely to continue in the coming months, according to UNCTAD's ''Review of Maritime Transport 2021'' published on 1...
21.11.24
Japan-U.S. Box Trade Decreases for 1st Time in 8 Months
Container exports from Japan to the U.S. in October decreased 1.9% from the same month of last year to 43,823 TEUs, registering the first year-on-year contraction in eight months since February, ac...
21.11.24
Box Throughput at Port of Los Angeles Shrinks 8% in October
Port of Los Angeles processed 902,644 TEUs in October, a decrease of 8% compared to last year, which was the busiest October on record. Year to date, overall cargo volume has increased 22% compared...
21.11.22
White House Reiterates Concern about Dominance of Alliances
On Thursday (18th), the White House reiterated its concerns about the monopoly of the three major global shipping alliances and asked the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to use all tools to ensur...
21.11.22
FMC Unveils New Supply Chain Initiatives for Container Flows
Six Supply Chain Innovation Teams are being convened by Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to identify and implement improvements to the process and timing of...
21.11.22
Tokyo’s Container Throughput Swells 9% to 271K TEUs in August
The Port of Tokyo handled 271,004 TEUs of loaded oceangoing containers in August, which swelled 9% from the same month of last year. Exports and imports both increased, going up 7.7% to 76,701 TEUs...
21.11.18
WTO's Goods Barometer Points to Slowing Trade Growth
Following its sharp rebound from the initial shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, global merchandise trade is slowing, with production and supply disruptions in critical sectors dampening growth alongsi...
21.11.17
SCFI Goes up for 1st Time in Five Weeks
The composite Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) rose 0.4% from the previous week to 4,554.04 points in Week 45, marking the first year-on-year improvement in five weeks, the Shanghai Ship...
21.11.15
Asia-U.S. Box Trade Sets New Monthly Record in October
Container exports from 10 major countries and regions of Asia to the U.S. in October picked up 2.8% from the same month of last year to 1,824,724 TEUs in total, according to American research compa...
21.11.12
Global Box Volumes Increase 0.9% in September
A total of 14,830,583 TEUs of containers were traded worldwide in September, according to statistics compiled by Container Trades Statistics Ltd. (CTS) of the U.K. There was an increase of 0.9% fro...
