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22.07.13
SCFI Falls for 4 Consecutive Weeks Due to Decreases in NA, Europe Routes
Container exports from China slowed in Week 27. The composite Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), which is for spot rate for containerized shipments from Shanghai that do not terminal hand...
22.07.12
U.S. Container Imports Set New Record in May
Imports set another record high this spring, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released last Friday by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates. “Cargo volume i...
22.07.11
Think Tank Revises Downward Export, Import Projections
NX Logistics Research Institute and Consulting now projects that Japan's exports in fiscal 2022 (April 2022-March 2023) will increase 2.6% from the previous fiscal year to 4.865 million TEUs, and i...
22.07.07
TT Club Highlights Long-Term Changes to Supply Chain Risk Profiles
The challenges inherent in today's international trade and the supply chains that service it are painfully obvious: higher prices of energy and food, shortages of and delays in delivering manufactu...
22.07.06
SCFI Down for 3 Straight Weeks Due to Weakness in Europe and the United States
The market for container exports from China was bearish in Week 26 due to a decline in transport demand. In Europe and the United States, inflation has made governments raise interest rates, leadin...
22.07.05
METI Unveils Report on Enhancement of Semiconductor Supply Chains
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has compiled an interim report on the enhancement of Japan's supply chains for semiconductor and other auto parts and components, as various suppl...
22.07.01
Int'l Containers to/from Japan's Big 6 Ports Down for 3 Straight Months in April
The combined volume of oceangoing containerized shipments handled at Japan's six major ports (Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe) decreased 4.9% to 1,145,193 TEUs in April, incurring...
22.06.30
S. Korea-Japan Local Trade Grows 0.1% in Jan.-May
Containerized shipments moved between South Korea and Japan amounted to 744,870 TEUs in January-May, according to the Korea Nearseas Freight Conference (KNFC). They turned upward, growing 0.1% from...
22.06.28
Containers to/from China's 8 Major Coastal Ports Swell 8.5% in May
The combined volume of containerized shipments handled in late May at China's eight leading coastal ports swelled 8.5% year on year, according to statistics compiled by a local port and harbor asso...
22.06.24
S. Korea-China Ferry Containers Grow 1.6% in Jan.-May
A total of 263,149 TEUs of containers were handled in ferry services between South Korea and China in January-May, up 1.6% from the same five months of 2021, according to a local association of car...
