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20.04.21
Ocean Box Traffic at Port of Kitakyushu Remains Flat in 2019
The Port of Kitakyushu handled 476,902 TEUs of oceangoing containers in 2019, down 0.1% from the previous year, according to the city of Kitakyushu’s seaport and airport bureau. Exports accounted f...
20.04.20
COVID-19 Pandemic Lowers Ex-China Rates by 4.4%
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) for Week 15 fell 4.4% from the previous week to 829.29 points, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE) unveiled recently, at a time when the novel coron...
20.04.20
Box Traffic in India Swells 1.1% to 9.998 Mln TEUs in FY19
Combined volume of containerized shipments processed at India's 12 state-run ports in fiscal 2019 (April 2019-March 2020) only increased minutely due to a slowdown in the growth of world trade and ...
20.04.16
Hong Kong Forwarders' Bodies Seek Urgent Rent Relief
The Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding & Logistics (HAFFA) has announced that ten freight and logistics organizations in Hong Kong issued an urgent appeal to landlords to provide the i...
20.04.15
Port of Nagoya Suffers 15.4% Drop in March Box Volume
Container throughput at the Port of Nagoya plummeted 15.4% year-0n-year decline in March, to 203,359 TEUs, according to the Nagoya Port Authority in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first ...
20.04.15
Singapore's March Box Traffic Achieves Slight Gain
The port of Singapore handles 53.1 million tons of freight, a 2.0% increase over the same month in 2019. The increase is driven by the growth of containerized goods, which totaled 32.5 million tons...
20.04.13
Asia-to-US Containers Plunge 16.6% in March
The volume of containerized shipments exported to the U.S. from 10 major countries and regions in Asia plunged 16.6% year on year to 926,673 TEUs in March, as those from China decreased notably due...
20.04.13
World Trade Set to Plunge As COVID-19 Upends World Economy
World trade is expected to fall by between 13% and 32% in 2020 as the COVID 19 pandemic disrupts normal economic activity and life around the world, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO)....
20.04.13
Estimated US Retail Imports Hit Five-Year Low in March
Estimates show that imports at major U.S. retail container ports dropped to their lowest level in five years in March, and imports are projected to remain significantly below normal levels through ...
20.04.10
Box Throughput at Port of Shimizu Slumps 9.6% in March
The Port of Shimizu in Shizuoka Prefecture has reported container traffic for March of 46,153 TEUs, down 9.6% from the same period last year. Ocean going containers dropped 10.8% on year to 38,283 ...
