Containerized exports from Far East Asia to the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East reached 646,600 20-foot-equivalent units in April 2013, the most TEUs exported in this lane since May 2012, according to data from Container Trades Statistics. Exports increased marginally month-to-month and year-over-year.
South America
Press Releases
12 Jun 2013
Hamburg Süd will offer a new service from South Africa to Argentina and Brazil, in cooperation with Nile Dutch.
12 Jun 2013
Air cargo handled by Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. showed a slight year-over-year decrease in May 2013, resulting from a 1 percent drop in imports.
11 Jun 2013
Mediterranean Shipping Co. is providing a new weekly direct container service between Houston and Brazil.
11 Jun 2013
Containers of auto parts imported through U.S. ports in the first quarter of 2013 were up year-over-year for a 14th straight quarter. Although the rate inched up from 8.1 percent in fourth quarter 2012 to 8.3 percent in first quarter 2013, the rate of growth has formed an overall trend of deceleration.
10 Jun 2013
Wilson Sons reported that its container terminals in Brazil handled a total of 77,600 20-foot-equivalent units in May, jumping 14.0 percent from 68,100 TEUs in the same month in the previous year.
10 Jun 2013
CMA CGM will replace its existing SEAS services, connecting Asia to South America’s east coast, with three new SEAS fixed-day weekly services.
07 Jun 2013
Brazil’s Congress has approved a port reform package, the Provisional Measure of the Ports, that will provide a new legal and institutional framework to increase the nation’s port system efficiency and reduce port-related logistics costs.
06 Jun 2013
According to a new Rabobank report on agribusiness logistics in Brazil, 2013 is likely to be a “very difficult” year, as a result of pressure on Brazil’s transportation and export system.
06 Jun 2013
Containerized exports from sub-Saharan Africa to Far East Asia, Australasia, and Indian Subcontinent and Middle East regions saw steep declines in March.
05 Jun 2013
Containerized export volumes from South and Central America declined again in March, with the exception of exports to the Indian dubcontinent and the Middle East, which saw significant growth, according to data from Container Trades Statistics, Ltd. Exports in all other trade lanes remained flat or fell this month.
Jun 5, 2013 2:00PM EDT