E' diminuito in gennaio il traffico container tra l'Asia e gli Stati Uniti

I dati sul traffico containerizzato tra Asia e Stati Uniti - resi noti oggi dal Research Co-operation Office della compagnia di navigazione giapponese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) - mostrano un calo dell'attività rispetto al gennaio 2001 sia sulle relazioni easbound, che hanno registrato un traffico di 565.230 teu (-1,4%), che su quelle westbound, che hanno totalizzato 244.908 teu (-7,6%).

Nello scorso gennaio i traffici container eastbound hanno registrato però un incremento dell'1,1% rispetto al precedente mese di dicembre. Il calo rilevato nei confronti del gennaio 2001 è stato spiegato con la differente data di cambio dell'anno lunare, che lo scorso anno è caduta il 24 gennaio, mentre quest'anno è avvenuto lo scorso 12 febbraio.
In gennaio il traffico westbound è invece risultato in calo anche rispetto al precedente dicembre 2001, con una flessione del 6,6%.

Asia/U.S. Monthly Container Cargo Movements
(in TEU)
(Source: MOL)

	E/B (from Asia to US)					W/B (from US to Asia)
	2000	2001	growth	2002	growth	2000	2001	growth	2002	growth
Jan	513,722	573,028	11.5%	565,230	-1.4%	254,104	265,044	4.3%	244,908	-7,6%
Feb	504,055	458,957	-8.9%			263,154	264,869	0.7%
Mar	510,205	563,223	10.4%			281,963	297,893	5.6%
Apr	550,959	570,459	3.5%			258,986	267,157	3.2%
May	594.316	562,857	-5.3%			274,258	270.977	-1.2%
Jun	599,695	595,710	-0.7%			262,687	256.036	-2.5%
Jul	645,185	616,628	-4.4%			250,964	249.203	-0.7%
Aug	669,071	681,049	1.8%			270.816	258,949	-4.4%
Sep	642.750	686.051	6.7%			258,812	244,457	-5.5%
Oct	690,698	684.081	-1.0%			288.500	284,047	-1.5%
Nov	579.405	565.290	-2.4%			275.299	278,580	1.2%
Dec	533,917	559.040	4.7%			270,373	262.100	-3.1%
YTD	513.722	573.028	11.5%	565.230	-1.4%	254,104	265.044	4.3%	244,908	-7,6%
Jan/Mar	1,527.982	1,595.208	4.4%			799.221	827.806	3.6%
Apr/Jun	1.744.969	1,729.026	-0.9%			795,931	794.171	-0.2%
Jul/Sep	1,957,005	1.983.729	1.4%			780,592	752,609	-3.6%
Oct/Dec	1,804.019	1,808,411	0.2%			834.171	824,727	-1.1%
Jan/Dec	7,033.975	7.116.374	1.2%			3.209.915	3,199.313	-0.3%

The top three countries in each category showing the largest change since the previous year:

Increasing		Decreasing
Country	Change	Country	Change
Vietnam	20.6%	Japan	-19.8%
Thailand	7.4%	Philippines	-12.7%
China + Hong Kong	3.2%	Singapore	-10.7%

Increasing		Decreasing
Country	Change	Country	Change
Vietnam	105.5%	Singapore	-31.4%
Thailand	12.5%	Japan	-20.6%
Indonesia	12.2%	Malaysia	-16.4%

Containerships New Orders

As of March 8,2002

		Over 5,000 TEU		4,000-4,999 TEU		3,000-3,999 TEU		2,000-2,999 TEU		1,000-1,999 TEU		Total
		No.	TEU	No.	TEU	No.	TEU	No.	TEU	No.	TEU	No.	TEU
1995	1Q	0	0	0	0	2	7,000	15	37,768	17	24,144	34	68,912
	2Q	3	15,046	0	0	0	0	6	13,100	24	30,571	33	58,717
	3Q	0	0	2	8,974	0	0	6	14,200	16	20,176	24	43,350
	4Q	3	16,500	28	125,145	11	38,600	12	30,582	17	25,832	71	236,659
	Total	6	31,546	30	134,119	13	45,600	39	95,650	74	100,723	162	407,638
1996	1Q	5	28,500	7	33,071	11	41,406	8	17,995	9	10,484	40	131,450
	2Q	2	13,348	1	4,850	4	14,600	43	101,605	17	26,088	67	160,491
	3Q	0	0	4	16,924	0	0	16	40,200	37	50,518	57	107,642
	4Q	10	56,116	0	0	3	11,080	10	21,978	18	21,822	41	110,996
	Total	17	97,964	12	54,845	18	67,080	77	181,778	81	108.912	205	510,579
1997	1Q	3	15,964	0	0	2	6,000	11	29,750	21	31,938	37	83,652
	2Q	0	0	0	0	2	7,000	0	0	6	8,666	8	15,666
	3Q	10	50,000	3	13,200	0	0	3	6,998	5	6,068	21	76,266
	4Q	0	0	0	0	2	7,900	4	9,400	6	9,728	12	27,028
	Total	13	65,964	3	13,200	6	20,900	18	46,148	38	56,400	78	202,612
1998	1Q	10	54,320	0	0	0	0	5	11,484	13	18,350	28	84,154
	2Q	20	108,500	8	37,600	3	11,674	6	13,200	14	22,420	51	193,394
	3Q	6	33,200	3	14,400	4	13,200	2	4,400	4	6,400	19	71,600
	4Q	0	0	0	0	3	11,850	4	8,800	2	3,496	9	24,146
	Total	36	196,020	11	52,000	10	36,724	17	37,884	33	50,666	107	373,294
1999	1Q	9	51,370	0	0	9	30,000	2	4,884	5	5,100	25	91,354
	2Q	18	111,772	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8,960	26	120,732
	3Q	25	142,200	0	0	6	23,174	9	21,900	9	12,314	49	199,588
	4Q	29	169,620	13	52,280	0	0	14	33,230	9	11,240	65	266,370
	Total	81	474,962	13	52,280	15	53,174	25	60,014	31	37,614	165	678,044
2000	1Q	28	174,050	9	36,900	0	0	16	40,326	6	10,432	59	261,708
	2Q	23	136,702	16	72,050	3	10,524	12	29,808	9	10,704	63	259,788
	3Q	7	44,600	10	43,920	4	14,000	16	38,100	12	15,060	49	155,680
	4Q	8	54,200	23	96,524	5	16,000	13	32,300	8	9,236	57	208,260
	Total	66	409,552	58	249,394	12	40,524	57	140,534	35	45,432	228	885,436
2001	1Q	9	67,280	17	73,884	3	10,800	17	43,196	16	19,384	62	214,544
	2Q	12	80,998	6	30,350	11	35,900	5	13,188	7	11,900	41	172,336
	3Q	1	6,408	0	0	6	19,756	6	13,980	21	28,456	34	68,600
	4Q	10	67,000	3	13,900	0	0	4	8,800	0	0	17	89,700
	Total	32	221,686	26	118,134	20	66,456	32	79,164	44	59,740	154	545,180
2002	1Q	0	0	0	0	2	7,600	0	0	0	0	2	7,600
2002	Total	0	0	0	0	2	7,600	0	0	0	0	2	7,600

Note : Containerships over 1,000 TEU includes unconfirmed orders.
Source: Clarkson Research Studies "Shipping Intelligence Weekly", "Container Intelligence Monthly"

DEMOLITION ACTIVITY
(Thousand Dwt)

Year, Month		Bulk Carriers	Tankers
2000	1	193	2,410
	2	583	3,412
	3	402	1,633
	4	227	1,961
	5	478	727
	6	241	995
	7	269	1,936
	8	374	510
	9	277	175
	10	266	388
	11	383	886
	12	188	128
TOTAL		3,881	15,161
2001	1	449	108
	2	79	545
	3	452	1,086
	4	587	691
	5	563	1,559
	6	505	1,535
	7	363	902
	8	461	1,245
	9	198	841
	10	402	1,286
	11	838	3,883
	12	249	1,486
TOTAL		5,146	15,167
2002	1	603	2,314
TOTAL		603	2,314

Source: The Drewry Monthly