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20.11.19
Box Volume at Hong Kong Nudges up in October
Container throughput at the port of Hong Kong totaled 1.56 million TEUs in October with a slight increase of 0.7% compared to 1.55 million TEUs for October 2019. Kwai Tsing terminals handled 1.25 m...
20.11.17
Ex-China Spot Container Rates Keep on Rising
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) continued upswing in the week ended on September 13, with its comprehensive index soaring another 11.6% or 192.77 points to 1857.33 on the back of st...
20.11.17
Box Throughput at Singapore Marks Another Record in October
The port of Singapore handled 49.86 million tons, with a decline of -5.1% on the same month last year which constitutes the seventh consecutive month of decrease. Container traffic alone achieved a...
20.11.16
UNCTAD Report Predicts 4.1% Drop in 2020 World Trade
UNCTAD estimates in its recently released ''Review of Maritime Transport 2020'' that global maritime trade will plunge by 4.1% in 2020 due to the unprecedented disruption caused by COVID pandemic a...
20.11.13
US and Singapore Seek Single Window Connectivity
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Singapore Customs have signed a historic letter of intent that will enable closer cooperation in the areas of trade facilitation, revenue protection and...
20.11.12
New October Record Set for Asia - US Containers
Containerized shipments traded to the U.S. from 10 countries and regions in Asia surged 23.3% year on year to 1,791,180 TEUs in October, setting a new record for the month in question, American res...
20.11.10
Container Traffic at JNPT Grows 5.1% in October
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has announced it handled 423,155 TEUs in October, registering a growth of 11.24% compared to the previous month and growth of 5.10 percent over the same month las...
20.11.09
Shanghai Containerized Freight Index Hits All-time High Last Week
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) hit an all-time high of 1664.56 last week, up 8.8% from the previous week. The index is the highest since records began in October 2009. Similarly, i...
20.11.09
Ex-China Freight Rates Stay at Higher Levels in October
In October, the average China (Export) Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) released by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange was 1051.77 points, an increase of 8.9% from the previous month while the averag...
20.11.09
Port of NY-NJ Renews September Box Traffic Record
Continuing its recovery to 2019 volume levels, the Port of New York and New Jersey surpassed its all-time September record as factories and manufacturers around the world ramped up activity in prep...
