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Shanghai Containerized Freight Index, North Europe, week of May 17, 2013. Source: Shanghai Shipping Exchange
 
SCFI: Asia-Europe Rates Fall Despite Mid-May GRIs
World Container Index Between New York and Rotterdam. Source: World Container Index
 
WCI: Trans-Atlantic Westbound Rates Continue to Slide
World Container Index rates to Shanghai. Source: World Container Index
 
WCI: Westbound Trans-Pacific Rates Jump
Far East Asia - Exports to North America. Source: Container Trade Statistics
 
Far East Asian Exports to North America Jump

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Brazil Set to Lift Ban on Imports of EU Cattle, Beef

20 May 2013
Brazil has amended its import regulations regarding bovine spongiform encephalopathy, paving the way for the ban on imports of breeding cattle and beef from the European Union to be lifted.
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Katoen Natie Opens Warehouse in Estonia
20 May 2013
Katoen Natie has opened a 25,000 square meter (about 269,098 square foot) warehouse complex for the management of goods to be directed to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States in Muuga Harbour in Estonia...
 
BG Freight Line Expands Intra-European Feeder Services
20 May 2013
BG Freight Line, the short sea specialist based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, will increase the frequency of its services to Liverpool, England, in June.
 
Argentina Takes EU Biodiesel Policy to WTO
20 May 2013
Argentina has requested World Trade Organization consultations with the European Union regarding measures imposed by the EU and its member states that affect the importation and marketing of biodiesel.
Bunker Fuel Prices - Rotterdam. Source: Bunkervision via LQM Petroleum Services, Inc
 
Rotterdam Bunker Prices Slide
20 May 2013
Spot prices dropped for both high and low sulfur bunker fuel in Rotterdam in the week of May 17, according to daily Bunkervision price data via international marine fuel oil broker LQM Petroleum Services Inc.
 
Slow-Steaming to Escalate, Drewry Says
20 May 2013
Shippers face the likelihood of more slow-steaming on the major east-west trade routes from Asia to the U.S.
 
Romania Pulls Rail Freight Privatization
20 May 2013
Romania pulled the partial privatization of the state-owned rail company after potential investors, including a US short line operator, failed to pre-qualify for the bidding process.
 
MSC Eyes Asia-Europe Rate HIke
17 May 2013
Mediterranean Shipping Co. will increase rates on three of its trade routes, effective June 1...
Shanghai Containerized Freight Index, North Europe, week of May 17, 2013. Source: Shanghai Shipping Exchange
 
SCFI: Asia-Europe Rates Fall Despite Mid-May GRIs
17 May 2013
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index saw further rate erosion in European lanes, pulling the overall SCFI index below the $1,000 per 20-foot container mark for the first time since February 2012, to $990.78.
 
Euroseas Reduces Loss Despite Weaker Revenue
17 May 2013
Euroseas today reported a net loss of $4.6 million in the first quarter of 2013, improving from a net loss of $9.0 million in the first quarter of 2012.
 
MSC Belgium Introduces More Secure Container Release System
17 May 2013
MSC Belgium has introduced a new container release system that allows customers in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium to collect their containers quickly in a secure environment.