Аналитика

16.07.2014 RLL Container Report - 16 July 2014
The latest figures from Container Trades Statistics show that overall Asia-Europe volumes in April increased 5.2% year-on-year to 1.2 million teu. During the first four months of the year, traffic on this important trade route grew by 5.8% to reach 4.7 million teu. Concerned about the strain this will place on their terminals, major ports have opted to “let the train take the strain”. Longer trains capable of hauling large numbers of boxes at one time will deliver containers to and from all the major European terminals.

09.07.2014 RLL Container Report - 09 July 2014
Container trades from Asia to the other continents have long dominated the intermodal league tables. Now, we are beginning to see the emergence of intra-Asian box traffic as a major force in its own right. Last year, traffic rose by nine percent to register 7.2 million teu. This is half a million more teu than was shipped on the main trade routes between Europe to North America. New terminal developments in the Russian Far East could add considerably to the volume of box traffic circulating within Asia.

02.07.2014 RLL Container Report - 02 July 2014
In June, Chinese regulators rejected plans for the proposed P3 group consisting of Maersk, MSC and CGM. It was deemed that the trio’s dominant position in the Far East to Europe trade should not be allowed to grow. The P3 grouping was proposed as a means of reducing spiraling costs, especially on routes with a high level of empty returns. The intention had been to pool resources in order to take out one 12,000-teu vessel on the route from Asia to N Europe and another 10,670-teu vessel on the weekly service between Asia and the Mediterranean. The three P3 members had all ordered vessels of roughly the same size and performance, which would have allowed the group to offer the market the same frequency and quality of service, while at the same time withdrawing vessels and redeploying these to other trades.

25.06.2014 RLL Container Report - 25 June 2014
Down in the Aegean Sea, a battle royale is being waged for Greece’s biggest port. Cosco, Maersk, ICTC of the Philippines and investment company, UEM are all bidding for the government’s share in the Port of Piraeus. Greece is selling its national transport assets, including the main rail operator and the northern port of Thessaloniki. However, it is Piraeus that has got everyone excited. Not only is it the first EU port of call north of the Suez Canal but it is also attracts tourists eager to view the cradle of European civilisation, while they soak up the Aegean sunshine. Undaunted by a six-year recession, the Port of Piraeus has just reported a 12% rise in profits, while it eagerly expects to receive a record 19 million tourists. Often viewed as the “consolation prize”, the northern port of Thessaloniki may well turn out to be an equally valuable transport asset. To appreciate the real value of this port facility, one need only look northwards to see the major transformation taking place to the rail network in eastern and central Europe.

18.06.2014 RLL Container Report - 18 June 2014
In the first quarter of 2014, the Port of Hamburg handled 2.4 million teu, of which the trade to St Petersburg accounted for 166,000 teu. Finland came second with 95,000 teu closely followed by Poland on 93,000 teu. However, the surprise package in the Baltic came in the form of the Port of Kaliningrad, which seems to be acting like one large yo-yo with general cargo throughput rising and falling with each month that goes by. On the other hand, things appear more stable on the box front, where throughput via Kaliningrad in the first four months of the year showed a 22.4% rise to register 120,877 teu.