Nel primo trimestre il traffico containerizzato Asia-USA è stato pari a 3.411.744 teu (+14%)

Nel primo trimestre di quest'anno il traffico transpacifico containerizzato Asia-USA è stato pari a 3.411.744 teu, con una progressione del 14,0% rispetto al corrispondente periodo del 2003. Il traffico nella relazione eastbound è ammontato a 2.382.137 teu (+14,9%), nella relazione westbound USA-Asia a 1.029.607 teu (+12,1%).

I dati sul traffico Asia-USA - elaborati dal Research Co-operation Office della compagnia di navigazione giapponese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) - mostrano la forte oscillazione dei traffici eastbound registrata negli ultimi mesi ed il consistente e progressivo incremento verificatosi nella relazione inversa.

Asia/US Montly Container Cargo Movements (in TEU)

	E/B (from Asia to US)					W/B (from US to Asia)
	2002	2003	growth	2004	growth	2002	2003	growth	2004	growth
Jan	565,230	724,232	28.1%	852,950	17.8%	244,908	294,762	20.4%	325,130	10.3%
Feb	601,374	658,367	9.5%	683,809	3.8%	272,793	289,919	6.3%	324,038	11.8%
Mar	570,084	690,654	21.1%	845,377	22.4%	301,367	333,789	10.8%	380,439	14.0%
Apr	707,206	752,132	6.4%			299,105	305,149	2.0%
May	709,877	789,892	11.3%			308,597	290,720	-5.8%
Jun	763,896	733,669	-4.0%			280,487	273,315	-2.6%
Jul	759,299	786,839	3.6%			255,162	291,664	14.3%
Aug	846,817	825,338	-2.5%			281,777	295,015	4.7%
Sep	809,195	765,834	-5.4%			240,437	284,134	6.1%
Oct	740,067	876,431	18.4%			222,936	323,690	29.6%
Nov	696,218	808,438	16.1%			297,987	337,419	1.9%
Dec	770,887	727,558	-5.6%			306,638	328,916	-3.4%
YTD	1,736,688	2,073,517	19.4%	2,382,137	14.9%	819,067	918,470	12.1%	1,029,607	12.1%
Jan/Mar	1,736,688	2,073,524	19.4%	2,382,137	14.9%	819,067	918,470	12.1%	1,029,607	12.1%
Apr/Jun	2,180,979	2,275,693	4.3%	-	-	888,189	869,184	-2.1%	-	-
Jul/Sep	2,415,312	2,417,519	0.1%	-	-	777,376	870.813	12.0%	-	-
Oct/Dec	2,207,172	2,412,427	9.3%	-	-	827,564	990.025	19.6%	-	-
Jan/Dec	8,540,151	9,179,155	7.5%	-	-	3,312,196	3,648,492	10.2%	-	-

(Source: Shipping Research / Mitsui O.S.K. Lines)

Containerships New Orders
As of 11 - Jun. 2004

		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
	4Q	21	148,920	13	58,140	0	0	10	24,808	4	5.636	48	237,504
	Total	31	207,096	27	125,140	4	14,000	16	40,198	9	13,612	87	400,046
2003	1Q	37	259,060	6	24,130	0	0	5	11,300	6	9.072	54	303,562
	2Q	17	117,190	18	83,486	6	21,200	12	31,036	5	5,780	58	258,692
	3Q	29	206,660	4	17,000	4	13,600	20	51,754	7	9,950	64	298,964
	4Q	14	113,130	11	46,950	8	25,600	22	56,684	19	30,092	74	272,456
	Total	97	696,040	39	171,566	18	60,400	59	150,774	37	54,894	250	1,133,674
2004	1Q	16	126,200	13	53,600	0	0	20	56,116	4	5,040	53	240,956
	2Q	3	20,400	16	69,784	6	20,200	15	40,734	25	32,000	65	183,118
	Total	19	146,600	29	123,384	6	20,200	35	96,850	29	37,040	118	424,074

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