Tag: freight rates

The port of Antwerp has handled 161,671,573 tonnes of freight in the first nine months of this year, up 3.3% on the same period last year. The container volume in the first three quarters came to more than 7.5 million TEU. This represents growth of 4.0%, thus further expanding Antwerp’s market share for containers in the Hamburg-Le Havre range.

Ust-Luga Commercial Seaport signed a cooperation agreement with German Port of Kiel, aiming to increase the turnover of both and reduce the time of delivery. The document targeted at development of trade and economic relations between Russia and Germany.

The port of Antwerp handled a freight volume of 108,317,922 tonnes in the first six months of this year, 3.6% more than in the same period last year. The container volume in TEU expanded by 4.4% while liquid bulk grew even more, by 8.4%, confirming its position as a leading source of growth in the port of Antwerp.

The days of container growth over, the North-South trades were expected to be a shining beacon of hope in the new low-growth environment

Container freight volumes increased by two per cent during the second quarter compared to the corresponding period in 2014

The port of Rotterdam achieved good results in the first half of the year.

Container volumes increased 14 percent during South Carolina Ports Authority's 2015 fiscal year

Since February, freight rates on the three key container shipping lanes has left the erratic up and down movements

The Chinese economy grew by 7.0% y-o-y in the first quarter of 2015, according to National Bureau of Statistics in China

According to Drewry, container freight rates have been relatively stable in recent months but that has all changed in recent weeks