Container transport

 

According to data compiled by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC) using information from Container Trades Statistics (CTS), container exports from Asia to Europe reached 16.58 million TEUs in 2023.

The Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA) stated that this marked a 7.8% increase from the previous year and brought the figures back to pre-pandemic levels seen in 2019.

The number of containers exported from China to Europe increased by 9.5% to 12.5 million TEUs, leading in terms of the number of containers exported to Europe. The number from Northeast Asia also increased significantly, achieving a double-digit growth of 12.1% with a total of 1.83 million TEUs. On the other hand, the number of containers from Southeast Asia to Europe decreased by 3.7% to 2.24 million TEUs.

In general, the total number of container exports from Asia to Europe has grown. For Europe, the number of containers increased by 1.4% to 10.22 million TEUs; specifically for the Western Mediterranean region, it increased by 11.4% to 3.01 million TEUs; and for the Eastern Mediterranean region, it increased by 28.9% to 3.35 million TEUs.

The number of containers imported from Europe to Asia totaled 6.47 million TEUs last year, a decrease of 3.5% compared to 2022 and has been on a downward trend for three consecutive years.

In this, the number of containers imported from North Europe to Asia decreased by 5.1% to 4.53 million TEUs and from the Western Mediterranean to Asia decreased by 5.2% to 1.02 million TEUs, but the number from the Eastern Mediterranean increased by 4.5% to 916,708 TEUs.

The number of containers imported from Europe to China decreased by 6.6% to 3.2 million TEUs and from Europe to Northeast Asia decreased by 12.1% to 1.38 million TEUs. However, the number of containers from Europe imported into Southeast Asia increased by 8.7% to 1.9 million TEUs.

 

Source: Phaata.com (According to ContainerNews) 

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