Il blocco del lavoro nei porti della West Coast USA ha notevolmente rallentato gli scambi americani con l'Asia

L'impatto della chiusura ai traffici dei porti della West Coast statunitense, verificatasi dal 29 settembre al 9 ottobre scorsi, è stato fortemente negativo, come evidenziano i dati sui volumi containerizzati totalizzati sulle rotte transpacifiche resi noti oggi dal Research Cooperation Office della compagnia di navigazione giapponese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).

Nello scorso mese di ottobre i traffici eastbound dall'Asia verso gli Stati Uniti sono stati pari a 740.067 teu, con un incremento dell'8,2% rispetto all'ottobre 2001 e con una flessione dell'8,5% rispetto al settembre di quest'anno. Il volume - ha rilevato MOL - è rimasto comunque oltre i 700.000 teu per il settimo mese consecutivo.

Nello scorso ottobre i traffici westbound dagli USA all'Asia sono ammontati a 222.936 teu, con un calo del 21,5% rispetto all'ottobre 2001 e con una diminuzione del 7,3% rispetto al settembre 2002. Asia/US Montly Container Cargo Movements (in TEU)

	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%	601,374	31.0%	263,154	264,869	0.7%	272,793	3.0%
Mar	510,205	563,223	10.4%	570,084	1.2%	281,963	297,893	5.6%	301,367	1.2%
Apr	550,959	570,459	3.5%	707,206	24.0%	258,986	267,157	3.2%	299,105	12.0%
May	594,316	562,857	-5.3%	709,877	26.1%	274,258	270,977	-1.2%	308,597	13.9%
Jun	599,695	595,710	-0.7%	763,896	28.2%	262,687	256,036	-2.5%	280,487	9.5%
Jul	645,185	616,628	-4.4%	759,299	23.1%	250,964	249,203	-0.7%	255,162	2.4%
Aug	669,071	681,049	1.8%	846,817	24.3%	270,816	258,949	-4.4%	281,777	8.8%
Sep	642,750	686,051	6.7%	809,195	17.9%	258,812	244,457	-5.5%	240,437	-1.6%
Oct	690,698	684,081	-1.0%	740,067	8.2%	288,500	284,047	-1.5%	222,936	-21,5%
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	5,920,653	5,992,044	1.2%	7,073,045	18,0%	2,664,244	2,658,633	-0.2%	2,707,568	1.8%
Jan/Mar	1,527,982	1,595,208	4.4%	1,736,688	8.9%	799,221	827,806	3.6%	819,067	-1.1%
Apr/Jun	1,744,969	1,729,026	-09%	2,180,979	26.1%	795,931	794,171	-0.2%	888,189	11.8%
Jul/Sep	1,957,005	1,983,729	1.4%	2,415,312	21.8%	780,592	752,609	-3.6%	777,376	3.3%
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%	-	-

(Source: Shipping Research / Mitsui O.S.K. Lines)
Containerships New Orders
As of Oct. 11, 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
	2Q	1	6,408	8	38,000	2	6,400	6	15,390	1	1,100	18	67,298
	3Q	9	51,768	6	117,202	0	0	0	0	4	6,876	19	175,846
	Oct-Dec	11	71,820	7	31,990	0	0	10	24,808	4	5,636	32	134,254
	Total	21	129,996	21	98,990	4	14,000	16	40,198	9	13,612	71	296,796

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