In agosto il traffico container Asia-USA è calato dello 0,7%

Nei primi otto mesi di quest'anno il traffico container transpacifico Asia-USA è stato pari complessivamente a 8.335.720 teu, con una progressione del 7,3% rispetto ai 7.767.979 teu dello stesso periodo del 2002.

I dati sul traffico transpacifico elaborati dal Research Co-operation Office della compagnia di navigazione giapponese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) mostrano per il solo mese di agosto un traffico di 1.120.353 teu, con un calo dello 0,7% rispetto all'agosto 2002. Il traffico eastbound Asia-USA è stato di 825.338 teu (-2,5%), mentre quello westbound USA-Asia è stato di 295.015 teu (+4,7%).

Asia/US Montly Container Cargo Movements (in TEU)

	E/B (from Asia to US)					W/B (from US to Asia)
	2001	2002	growth	2003	growth	2001	2002	growth	2003	growth
Jan	573,028	565,230	-1.4%	724,232	28.1%	265,044	244,908	-7.6%	294,762	20.4%
Feb	458,957	601,374	31.0%	658,367	9.5%	264,869	272,793	3.0%	289,919	6.3%
Mar	563,223	570,084	1.2%	690,654	21.1%	297,893	301,367	1.2%	333,789	10.8%
Apr	570,459	707,206	24.0%	752,132	6.4%	267,157	299,105	12.0%	305,149	2.0%
May	562,857	709,877	26.1%	789,892	11.3%	270,977	308,597	13.9%	290,720	-5.8%
Jun	595,710	763,896	28.2%	733,669	-4.0%	256,036	280,487	9.5%	273,315	-2.6%
Jul	616,628	759,299	23.1%	786,839	3.6%	249,203	255,162	2.4%	291,664	14.3%
Aug	681,049	846,817	24.3%	825,338	-2.5%	258,949	281,777	8.8%	295,015	4.7%
Sep	686,051	809,195	17.90%			244,457	240,437	-1.60%
Oct	684,081	740,067	8.20%			284,047	222,936	-21.50%
Nov	565,290	696,218	23.20%			278,580	297,987	7.00%
Dec	559,040	770,887	37.9%			262.100	306,638	17.0%
YTD	4,621,911	5,523,783	19.5%	5,961,387	7.9%	2,130,129	2,244,196	5.4%	2,374,333	5.8%
Jan/Mar	1,595,208	1,736,688	8.90%	2,073,524	19.4%	827,806	819,067	-1.10%	918,470	12.1%
Apr/Jun	1,729,026	2,180,979	26.10%	2,275,693	4.3%	794,171	888,189	11.80%	869,184	-2.1%
Jul/Sep	1,983,729	2,415,312	21.80%	-		752,609	777,376	3.30%	-
Oct/Dec	1,808,411	2,207,172	22.1%	-		824,727	827,564	0.3%	-
Jan/Dec	7,116,374	8,540,151	20.0%	-		3,199,313	3,312,196	3.5%	-

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

Containerships New Orders
As of Oct. 24, 2003

		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	1	8,300	0	0	8	25,600	6	14,956	5	7,050	20	55,906
	Total	84	591,219	28	124,616	18	60,400	43	109,046	23	31,852	196	917,124

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