Nel 2001 il traffico transpacifico eastbound è aumentato dell'1,2%, quello westbound è diminuito dello 0,3%

Le ripercussioni degli attacchi terroristici all'America dello scorso 11 settembre sui traffici container transpacifici sono state marginali. Un'analisi del Research Co-operation Office della compagnia di navigazione giapponese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) mostra come nell'intero 2001 il traffico eastbound dall'Asia agli Stati Uniti sia ammontato a 7.116.374 container da venti piedi, con un incremento dell'1,2% rispetto ai 7.033.975 teu dell'anno precedente. Il traffico westbound dagli USA all'Asia è stato pari a 3.199.313 teu, con una flessione dello 0,3% rispetto ai 3.209.915 teu del 2000.

Nell'ultimo trimestre del 2001 il volume eastbound è stato pari a 1.808.411 teu (+0,2%), mentre quello westbound si è attestato a 824.727 teu (-1,1%).

Asia/U.S. Monthly Container Cargo Movements
(in TEU)
(Source: MOL)

	E/B (from Asia to US)					W/B (from US to Asia)
	1999	2000	growth	2001	growth	1999	2000	growth	2001	growth
Jan	434,489	513,722	182%	573,028	115%	224,254	254,104	13.3%	265,044	4.3%
Feb	452,510	504,055	11.4%	458,957	-8.9%	237,029	263,154	11.0%	264,869	0.7%
Mar	456,153	510,205	11.8%	563,223	10.4%	259,003	281,963	8.9%	297,893	5.6%
Apr	491,221	550,959	12.2%	570,459	35%	246,649	258,986	50%	267,157	3.2%
May	533,476	594,316	11.4%	562,857	-5.3%	240,674	274,258	14.0%	270,977	-1.2%
Jun	530,125	599,695	13.1%	595,710	-0.7%	244,176	262,687	7.6%	256,036	-2.5%
Jul	535,164	645,185	20.6%	616,628	-44%	226,926	250,964	10.6%	249,203	-0.7%
Aug	561,511	669,071	19.2%	681,049	1.8%	224,435	270,816	20.7%	258,949	-4.4%
Sep	544,072	642,750	18.1%	686,051	6.7%	236,358	258,812	9.5%	244,457	-5.5%
Oct	564,040	690,698	22.5%	684,081	-1.0%	264,800	288,500	9.0%	284,047	-1.5%
Nov	562,393	579,405	3.0%	565,290	-2.4%	258,726	275,299	6.4%	278,580	1.2%
Dec	492,880	533,917	8.3%	559,040	4.7%	263,838	270,373	2.5%	262,100	-3.1%
Jan/Dec	6,158,033	7,033,975	14.2%	7,116,374	1.2%	2,926,868	3,209,915	9.7%	3,199,313	-0.3%
Jan/Mar	1,343,152	1,527,982	13.8%	1,595,208	4.4%	720,286	799,221	11.0%	827,806	3.6%
Apr/Jun	1,554,822	1,744,969	12.2%	1,729,026	-0.9%	731,499	795,931	8.8%	794,171	-0.2%
Jul/Sep	1,640,746	1,957,005	19.3%	1,983,729	1.4%	687,719	780,592	13.5%	752,609	-3.6%
Oct/Dec	1,619,313	1,804,019	11.4%	1,808,411	0.2%	787,364	834,171	5.9%	824,727	-1.1%

The top three countries in each category
showing the largest change since the previous year:

Eastbound (from Asia to U.S.)

Increasing		Decreasing
Country	change	Country	change
Vietnam	56.1%	Singapore	-14.9%
Thailand	10.3%	Taiwan	-7.6%
Indonesia	9.9%	Japan	-6.6%

Westbound (from U.S. to Asia)

Increasing		Decreasing
Country	change	country	Change
Vietnam	102.3%	Singapore	-20.3%
China & Hong Kong	6.7%	Indonesia	-18.3%
n.a.	-	Philippines	-10.1%

The statistics are aggregated from the PIERS/Journal of Commerce database, obtained from ship manifests and bills of lading for alI vessels calling at U.S. ports.
* PIERS (Port Import Export Reporting Services): A division of the Journal of Commerce, an ìnternational newspaper based in New York.
* TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit). A unit for 20-foot containerized goods. The container standard is set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Containerships New Orders

		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	41,400	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

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

(Thousand Dwt)

Year, Month		Bulk Carriers	Tankers
2000	1	193	2,410
	2	583	3,412
	3	402	1,633
	4	227	1,961
	5	478	727
	6	241	995
	7	269	1,936
	8	374	510
	9	277	175
	10	266	388
	11	383	886
	12	188	128
TOTAL		3,881	15,161
2001	1	449	108
	2	79	545
	3	452	1,086
	4	587	691
	5	563	1,559
	6	505	1,535
	7	363	902
	8	461	1,245
	9	198	841
	10	402	1,286
	11	838	3,883
	12	249	1,486
TOTAL		5,146	15,167

Source: The Drewry Monthly