Europe

 
23 May 2013
The Port of Rotterdam said the European Union’s proposal to appoint a supervisor for ports in every member state will increase bureaucracy on the waterfront.
World Container Index Between New York and Rotterdam. Source: World Container Index
 
23 May 2013
Trans-Atlantic eastbound and westbound rates inched up in the week of May 23, according to the latest release of the World Container Index.
World Container Index rates to Shanghai. Source: World Container Index
 
23 May 2013
Backhaul rates from northern Europe and the U.S. West Coast continued to dip this week, according to the latest release of the World Container Index.
 
23 May 2013
Germany’s HSH Nordbank, the world’s biggest ship financier, warned the crisis in the shipping market could deepen through 2014, as it announced sharply lower net income and more than tripled loan loss provisions.
 
23 May 2013
Maersk Line has announced three rates increases for dry shipments...
Containerized exports from the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East to Europe. Source: Container Trades Statistics
 
23 May 2013
Containerized exports from the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East to regions in Europe, Africa, and the Americas saw significant growth in March 2013, according to data from Container Trades Statistics.
 
23 May 2013
Hapag-Lloyd will revise three of its trade routes...
 
23 May 2013
The European Union is sending a strong signal that it intends to improve service standards and efficiency at ports to spread traffic more evenly across the European waterfront and ease congestion.
 
23 May 2013
Zim will end its involvement in the two Northern Europe-related trans-Atlantic services that are currently part of its service offering, linervision reports.
 
22 May 2013
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong
Europe: Containerized exports to North America through March 2013. Source: Container Trades Statistics
 
22 May 2013
Containerized export volume from Europe to North America reached 322,300 20-foot-equivalent units in March, its highest volume since July 2012 and the second highest volume in this lane since the JOC began collecting this data in January 2011, according to data from Container Trades Statistics, Ltd.