China overtake Greece to become the world's largest shipowner
NO. 1China surpasses Greece to become the world's largest shipowner
Clarkson's research shows that in terms of gross tonnage, China has officially surpassed Greece, which has long been "dominating the list", to become the world's largest shipowner.
According to Clarkson's data, up to now, the fleet size held by Chinese shipowners has reached 0.2492 billion gross tons (GT), with a market share of 15.9 (the fleet value of Chinese shipowners is about US $180 billion), slightly higher than the 0.249 billion GT of Greek shipowners, with a market share of 15.8 (the fleet value of Greek shipowners is about US $163 billion), and Japan's 0.181 billion GT ranks third, this was followed by South Korea and the United States both at about 66 million GT.
NO. 2Hapg-Lloitt raises rates from UAE to Northern Europe, Western Mediterranean and North Africa
Hapag Lloydannounced an increase in ocean freight rates from the United Arab Emirates (Jebel Ali and Abu Dhabi) to Northern Europe (Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Estonia, Iceland, Luxembourg) and Western Mediterranean/North Africa (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Algeria, Malta, Tunisia, Morocco).
20'and 40 'dry containers and high cubic dry equipment will rise. This increase will apply to voyages commencing on 25 August 2023 and will remain in effect until further notice.
NO. 3rains halve container traffic at Chittagong port and warehouses
continuous rains caused the Bangladesh port city of Chittagong to sink into waist-deep water, causing the supply of containers and goods at the port yard and Inland Container Depot (ICD) to be cut by half in the past few days.
shipping officials said that due to the stagnant water on the roads, shipping agents could not reach customs, banks and other venues related to the release of containers in the port area. Normally, the port yard delivers more than 4,000 TEUs of containers per day, and in recent days, only about 2,000 TEUs have been delivered.
NO. 4Cold chain logistics continued to stabilize and rebound in the first half of this year
Recently, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing announced the cold chain logistics operation data in the first half of this year. The data shows that in the first half of the year, the industrial environment, market demand, and corporate competitiveness of my country's cold chain logistics continued to stabilize and rebound, and the positive factors supporting the development of the industry continued to increase.
According to statistics, in the first half of this year, my country's cold chain logistics totaled 3.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.7 percent year-on-year; the cold chain logistics market was 268.8 billion yuan, an increase of 3.3 percent year-on-year. The total demand for cold chain logistics in my country was 0.21 billion tons, an increase of 5.2 year-on-year, maintaining stable growth. With the gradual increase in the circulation rate of various categories of cold chain in my country, the cold chain market volume has steadily expanded.
NO. 5global parcel volume reached 161 billion last year
According to data from global shipping and mailing company Pitney Bowes, global parcel growth has increased from 64 billion in 2016 to 161 billion in 2022, an increase of 1% over 2021.
benefited from e-commerce expansion, with India leading the way with the highest growth of 18%, while Italy (4%), China (2%), Australia (2%) and Brazil (2%) also saw growth. However, Sweden and Canada experienced significant declines of-11% and-9%, respectively.
to 111 billion, the slowest pace since the company tracked the data. By 2025, parcel volumes are most likely to reach 225 billion, with a five-year CAGR of 6% from 2023-2028, a change from last year's forecast of 8%.
