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21.05.12
US Retail Cargo Imports Set New Record as Economy Recovers
US imports at retail container ports hit a new record this spring and volume during the first half of 2021 is expected to be a third higher than last year as the economy continues to recover from t...
21.05.10
Ministries Talk with Transport Bodies on Container Shortages
Japan’s ministries of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT); Economy, Trade and Industry (METI); and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) on May 7 jointly unveiled a report on a ...
21.05.10
Asian Ports Dominate Global Container Port Performance Index
Asian container ports are the most efficient in the world, dominating the Top 50 spots according to the new global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) launched by the World Bank and IHS Markit....
21.05.10
Strong Demand Drives NY-NJ Port March Volume to All-time High
Activity at the Port of New York and New Jersey showed resilience in consumer demand and the global supply chain as cargo volume set a new all-time monthly record in March. Volume increased by 35 p...
21.05.07
Korea-China Box Trade Sets New Record in March
South Korea exported and imported a total of 310,800 TEUs of containers to and from China in March, according to statistics compiled by the Yellow Sea Liner Shipping Council (YSLSC). A double-digit...
21.05.07
Global Air Cargo Demand Reaches All-Time High in March
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released March 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand continued to outperform pre-COVID levels (March 2019) with...
21.05.06
Box Rates Hit All-time Highs on Routes to North America, Europe
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index, the composite index for container exports from Shanghai that do not include terminal handling charges (THCs), stood at 3,100.74 points in Week 17, increasi...
21.04.30
Japan's International Box Trade Mark Double-Digit Growth in Feb.
The combined volume of containerized shipments processed at Japan's six major ports (Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe) came to 1,053,491 TEUs in February, enjoying a double-digit i...
21.04.28
China-to-Japan Box Traffic Returns to Positive Growth in Feb.
Outbound containers from Japan to China decreased 1.7% to 677,788 tons in February, recording their first year-on-year contraction in eight months, according to the Japan Maritime Center (JMC). In ...
21.04.28
DSV Panalpina Acquires Agility's Global Integrated Logistics Business
Two years after the acquisition of Swiss-based Panalpina, the Danish transport and logistics company DSV is once again announcing a large acquisition, Agility Global Integrated Logistics (GIL). The...
