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24.11.05
WCI Increases 4% in Week 44, 1st Improvement Since Aug.
The World Container Index (WCI) increased 4% from the previous week to $3,213 per FEU in Week 44, its first improvement in 15 weeks, according to Drewry Maritime Research. It was, however, 129% hig...
24.11.01
Drewry' Intra-Asia Index Increases 15% in Last 2 Weeks of Oct.
The Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI), a weighted average of regional spot container freight rates, increased 15% in the last two weeks of October to $573 per FEU, the first uptick after six ...
24.10.31
Int’l Air Cargo Demand Grows 8.9% in Sept.
International air cargo demand as measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK) grew 8.9% to 6.08 billion FTKs in September, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). On the back of ...
24.10.30
Asia-Europe Container Exports Hit New Monthly Record in Aug.
Container exports from Asia to Europe amounted to 1.63 million TEUs in August, up 14.5% compared to the corresponding month of 2023, according to the Japan Maritime Center (JMC), which has compiled...
24.10.29
Japan’s Big 6 Ports Report 3% Volume Decline for Aug.
Japan’s six major ports handled a total of 1.05 million TEUs of oceangoing containers in August, which shrank 3% from a year earlier, their first year-on-year contraction in five months, according ...
24.10.28
WCI Decreases 4% in Week 43
The World Container Index (WCI) decreased 4% from the previous week to $3,095 per FEU in Week 43, according to Drewry Maritime Research. It has been on the decline for 14 consecutive weeks but stil...
24.10.25
S. Korea-China Trade Grows 7.56% to 2.6 Mil. TEUs in Jan.-Sept.
A total of 2.6 million TEUs of containers were traded between South Korea and China in the first nine months (January-September) of 2024, up 7.56% year on year, according to the Yellow Sea Liner Sh...
24.10.24
Containers to/from Osaka Swell 7.3% to 185K TEUs in Sept.
The Port of Osaka processed 185,050 TEUs of containers in September, up 7.3% from a year earlier, the first year-on-year improvement it had accomplished in two months, according to the Osaka Ports ...
24.10.23
Japan’s U.S.-Bound Container Exports Plunge 24.4% in Sept.
Japan’s container exports to the U.S. amounted to 45,912 TEUs in September (based on volumes at ports of origin), Descartes Datamyne announced yesterday. They plunged 24.4% from the corresponding m...
24.10.22
NCFI Rises in Week 42 as Supply-Demand Balance Improves
The composite Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI), which was set at a benchmark 1,000 points in Week 10 of 2012, reached 1,531.6 points in Week 42, up 2.5% from the previous week, according t...
