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24.02.27
WCI Declines for 4 Consecutive Weeks
The composite World Container Index (WCI) has continued to decline for four weeks in a row in Week 8, according to Drewry Maritime Research. It decreased by 2% from the previous week to $3,659 per ...
24.02.26
Japan’s U.S.-Bound Container Exports Jump in Jan.
Japan’s container exports to the U.S. amounted to 53,695 TEUs in January (based on volumes at ports of origin), which increased 10.4% from the previous month and 17.9% from the corresponding month ...
24.02.22
Asia’s Europe-Bound Exports Return to Pre-Pandemic Level in ’23
Container exports from Asia to Europe amounted to 16.58 million TEUs in 2023, which increased 7.8% from the previous year and returned to a pre-pandemic 2019 level, according to statistics compiled...
24.02.21
Ex-China Spot Rates Expected to Stay Flat
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) and the China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) were not announced last week due to the Lunar New Year holidays. On the trans-Pacific trade, demand ...
24.02.20
CONPAS Operated at Yokohama Port’s Minami Honmoku Pier
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)’s Kanto Regional Development Bureau has unveiled how Container Fast Pass (CONPAS), a port information system developed by the mini...
24.02.19
WCI Down for 3 Weeks Running
The composite World Container Index (WCI) dropped by 1% to $3,733 per FEU in Week 7, which has remained on a downward trend for three weeks, according to Drewry Maritime Research. It has increased ...
24.02.16
Weathernews Launches Svc. to Estimate Number of Ships in Port
Weathernews has begun providing a service to estimate the number of ships in port from ship location information and meteorological data. Ships are forced to wait for a long time until being berthe...
24.02.15
CMA Recommends CBER be Ended
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended that the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) be ended on April 25. In the U.K., 114 liner shipping companies are under the...
24.02.14
US Container Imports from Asia Swell in Jan.
U.S. container imports from 10 major Asian countries and regions amounted to 1.65 million TEUs in January (based on volumes at ports of origin), which went up 15.6% year on year, according to Desca...
24.02.13
US Imports Increase in Jan., Led by Those from China
In January, U.S. container imports increased 7.9% from December 2023 to 2.27 million TEUs, according to this month’s Global Shipping Report released by Descartes Systems Group. From January 2023, t...
