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23.04.10
WCI Remains Stable in Week 14
Drewry Maritime Research's composite World Container Index (WCI) remained relatively stable at $1,709.76 per FEU in Week 14, which decreased a marginal 0.4% from the previous week and has dropped 7...
23.04.07
WTO: Global Trade Will Grow 1.7% in 2023
The World Trade Organization (WTO) projects that global trade will expand 1.7% this year, which has been revised upward by 0.7 percentage points since it made its original estimated in October 2022...
23.04.06
Think Tank: Japan's Container Exports Will Come Back in FY2023
NX Logistics Research Institute and Consulting projects that container exports from Japan's eight major ports (Tokyo, Yokohama, Shimizu, Nagoya, Yokkaichi, Osaka, Kobe and Hakata) will increase 1.8...
23.04.05
SCFI Remains Weak for 8 Weeks
The composite Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), an indicator for spot rates for container exports from Shanghai that do not include terminal handling charges (THCs), picked up 1.7% from ...
23.04.04
NCFI Improves for 3 Straight Weeks
The composite Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) closed at 655.4 points in Week 13, which improved 0.7% from the previous week, as shipping companies are more strictly control shipping capac...
23.04.03
WCI Down 2% in Week 13
Drewry Maritime Research's composite World Container Index (WCI) decreased 2% from the previous week to $1,716.85 per FEU in Week 13, which was 83% below the peak of $10,377 per FEU reached in Sept...
23.03.31
Asia's US-Bound Exports Plunge 29.2% in Feb.
Container exports to the U.S. from 18 Asian countries and regions amounted to 1,254,827 TEUs in February, which plunged 29.2% from the same month of 2022 and have decreased year on year for six mon...
23.03.30
Safety Guidelines Unveiled for Transport of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Containers
The Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS), the International Group of P&I Clubs, the TT Club and the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) have formulated and unveil...
23.03.29
SCFI Back to Downward Trend in Week 12
Freight rates for container exports from China remained low across the board in Week 12. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), an indicator for spot rates for container exports from Shan...
23.03.28
NCFI Grows More Steeply in Week 12
The composite Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) grew 5.9% from the previous week to 651.1 points in Week 12, which have been on the rise for two weeks in a row, the Ningbo Shipping Exchange...
