Prosegue la crescita dei traffici containerizzati Asia-USA

Nello scorso luglio i traffici transpacifici containerizzati eastbound Asia-Stati Uniti sono stati pari a 910.374 teu, con una progressione del 15,7% rispetto al luglio 2003. Per i traffici nella relazione westbound, i dati diffusi dal Research Co-operation Office della compagnia di navigazione giapponese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) mostrano un totale di 297.166 teu, con un incremento dell'1,9% rispetto al luglio dello scorso anno.

Nei primi sette mesi di quest'anno il traffico transpacifico eastbound è cresciuto del 16,9% a 6.005.226 teu, quello westbound è aumentato del 9,8% a 2.283.694 teu.

Asia/US Monthly 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	658,637	9.5%	683,809	3.8%	272,793	289,919	6.3%	324,038	11.8%
Mar	570,084	690,647	21.1%	845,377	22.4%	301,367	333,789	10.8%	380,439	14.0%
Apr	707,206	752,132	6.4%	880,928	17.1%	299,105	305,149	2.0%	329,594	8.0%
May	709,877	789,892	11.3%	921,830	16.7%	308,597	290,720	-5.8%	321,032	10.4%
Jun	763,896	733,669	-4.0%	909,957	24.0%	280,487	273,315	-2.6%	306,295	12.1%
Jul	759,299	786,839	3.6%	910,374	15.7%	255,162	291,664	14.3%	297,166	1.9%
Aug	846,817	864,846	2.1%			281,777	295,015	-6.4%
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	696,219	808,438	16.1%			297,989	337,419	1.9%
Dec	770,887	727,558	-5.6%			306,638	328,916	-3.4%
Jan/Jul	4,676,966	5,136,049	9.8%	6,005,226	16.9%	1,962,418	2,079,318	6.0%	2,283,694	9.8%
Jan/Mar	1,736,688	2,073,517	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%	2,712,715	19.2%	888,189	869,184	-2.1%	956,921	10.1%
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%	-	-

Containerships New Orders
As of 08 - Oct. 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
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	29,000	0	0	0	0	4	6,876	19	87,644
	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
	3Q	16	96,822	28	121,250	4	14,000	8	20,400	31	40,708	87	293,180
	Oct	4	32,800	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11,838	12	44,638
	*Total*	39	*276,222*	57	*244,634*	10	*34,200*	43	*117,250*	68	*89,586*	*217*	*761,892*

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

Demolition activity
(Thousand Dwt)

Year, Month		Bulk Carriers	Tankers
2003	1	147	839
	2	151	217
	3	339	574
	4	252	585
	5	393	5,246
	6	322	1,572
	7	298	2,592
	8	205	2,359
	9	105	1,289
	10	140	959
	11	173	400
	12	17	509
	TOTAL	2,542	17,141
2004	1	152	468
	2	0	976
	3	37	1,327
	4	0	875
	5	0	574
	6	95	580
	7	19	404
	8	0	273
	9
	10
	11
	12
	TOTAL	303	5,477

Source: The Drewry Monthly