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21.06.04
S. Korea-China Box Trade Continues to Mark 2-Digit Growth
Containerized shipments traded between South Korea and China increased 11% year on year to 305,100 TEUs in April, marking a double-digit improvement for four consecutive months since January, accor...
21.06.03
Ex-Shanghai Spot Rates Increase on All Trade Routes
Spot rates for container exports from Shanghai continued to rise on almost all routes in Week 21, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE) announced recently. On the trade route to Europe, the supply-d...
21.06.03
WTO Goods Barometer Reveals Strength of Trade Recovery
Global merchandise trade is continuing to recover in 2021 following a steep but brief pandemic-induced drop in the second quarter of last year, according to the latest World Trade Organization (WTO...
21.06.03
India Further Delays Strict Implementation of Sea Cargo Manifest Rules
India's Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has again postponed the full-fledged implementation of its Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations to June 30 from the previously ...
21.05.31
CCFI, SCFI Reach All-Time Highs Again
The composite China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) came to 2,296.36 points in Week 21, rising 3.6% from the previous week and reached another all-time high, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE)...
21.05.27
Global Trade's Recovery Accelerates, Hits Record High in Q1
World trade's recovery from the COVID-19 crisis hit a record high in the first quarter of 2021, increasing by 10% year-over-year and 4% quarter-over-quarter, according to UNCTAD's Global Trade Upda...
21.05.27
Japan's International Box Traffic Picks up 4.4% in March
Oceangoing container volumes handled in Japan's six busiest container ports totaled 1,206,961 TEUs in March, up 4.4% over the same month last year, representing an increase for two consecutive mont...
21.05.26
Ex-Shanghai Spot Box Rates Increase on All Trades
Freight rates for exporting containerized shipments from Shanghai increased on all routes in Week 20 due to steady demand. Spot rates were brisk on the trades to both Europe and the Mediterranean, ...
21.05.26
Japan-China Box Trade Marks 2-Digit Increase in Q1
Container trade between Japan and China was robust in both directions in March, according to numerical values calculated by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC). Outbound shipments from Japan to China s...
21.05.25
China Containerized Freight Index Reaches All-Time High
The Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE) recently unveiled freight rates for exporting containerized shipments from China in Week 20. The composite China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) rose 3.9% fr...
