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23.03.27
WCI Down 2% in Week 12
Drewry Maritime Research's composite World Container Index (WCI) decreased 2% from the previous week to $1,756.83 per FEU in Week 12, which has dropped 79% when compared with the same week last yea...
23.03.24
Japan's US-Bound Container Exports Grow 5.3% in Feb.
Container exports from Japan to the U.S. amounted to 47,671 TEUs in February (based on volumes at ports of receipt), which increased 4.7% from a month earlier and 5.3% from a year earlier, accordin...
23.03.23
SCFI's 9-Week Decline Streak Stops
The composite Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), an indicator for ex-Shanghai container export spot rates that do not include terminal handling charges (THCs), increased 0.35% from the pr...
23.03.22
Containers to/from LA Port Plunge in Feb.
Containers to and from the Port of Los Angeles plunged 43.1% year on year to 487,846 TEUs in February. Incoming loaded containers accounted for 249,407 TEUs, down 41.2%; outgoing loaded containers,...
23.03.20
WCI Down 1% in Week 11
Drewry Maritime Research's composite World Container Index (WCI) decreased 1% from the previous week to $1,790.36 per FEU in Week 11, which has dropped 80% when compared with the same week of last ...
23.03.17
Mizuho Bank: Marine Container Movement Will Contract 1.4% in 2023
Demand for marine container transport will decrease in 2023, Mizuho Bank's industry research department points out in a report it has compiled on ongoing supply and demand developments and short-te...
23.03.16
Labor, Management Meet For 2nd Time for Wage Negotiations
The Japan Harbor Transportation Association (Nikkokyo) met with the National Federation of Dockworkers Union of Japan (Zenkoku Kowan) and the Japanese Confederation of Port and Transport Workers' U...
23.03.15
Ex-China Rates Continue to Decline in Week 10
Container exports from China saw continuous declines in freight rates in Week 10. The composite Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), which reflects spot rates for container exports from Sha...
23.03.14
NCFI Continues to Fall in Week 10 Due to Slow Demand Recovery
The Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) fell 3.7% to 614 points in Week due to a slow recovery in export demand, according to the Ningbo Shipping Exchange (NBSE). Of the 21 trade routes, indi...
23.03.13
MLIT Selects Projects to Diversify, Enhance Japan's Int'l Logistics
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan has selected 12 projects to be carried out as part of the transport demonstration for the diversification and enhancement...
