China surpasses Greece to become the world's largest ship-owner country!
NO.1 China surpasses Greece to become the world's largest shipowner country
According to the latest data from Clarkson Research, in terms of gross tonnage, China has officially surpassed Greece, which has long dominated the list, and has become the world's largest ship-owner country.
According to data from Clarksons, the fleet size held by Chinese shipowners has reached 249.2 million gross tons (GT), accounting for 15.9% of the market (the fleet value of Chinese shipowners is about 180 billion U.S. dollars. ), slightly higher than the 249.0 million GT of the Greek shipowner, with a market share of 15.8% (the fleet value of the Greek shipowner is about 163 billion US dollars), ranking third is Japan’s 181.0 million GT, followed by South Korea and The United States is about 66 million GT.
NO.2 Hapag-Lloyd raises rates from UAE to Northern Europe, Western Mediterranean and North Africa
Hapag Lloyd announces an increase from the United Arab Emirates (Jebel Ali and Abu Dhabi) to Northern Europe (Germany, Netherlands, UK, Belgium, France, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia) , Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Estonia, Iceland, Luxembourg) and West Mediterranean/North Africa (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Algeria, Malta, Tunisia, Morocco).
Costs will rise for 20" and 40" dry containers and high cubic dry equipment. This increase will apply to sailings commencing August 25, 2023 and will remain in effect until further notice.
NO.3 Continued rains halve container traffic at Chittagong port and warehouses
Continued rains have left Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong waist-deep in water, halving the supply of containers and cargo at port yards and inland container depots (ICDs) over the past few days.
Shipping officials said that due to flooded roads, shipping agents were unable to reach customs, banks and other venues related to the release of containers in the port area. Typically, port yards deliver more than 4,000 TEUs of containers per day, but in recent days, only around 2,000 TEUs have been delivered.
NO.4 Cold chain logistics continued to stabilize and rebound in the first half of this year
Recently, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released the cold chain logistics operation data for 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, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%; the cold chain logistics market size was 268.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%. The total demand for cold chain logistics in my country is 210 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%, maintaining a steady growth. With the gradual increase in the circulation rate of cold chains in various categories in my country, the volume of the cold chain market has steadily expanded.
NO.5 Last year, the global package volume reached 161 billion pieces
According to global shipping and mailing company Pitney Bowes, global parcel growth will grow from 64 billion in 2016 to 161 billion in 2022, a 1% increase over 2021.
Driven by e-commerce expansion, India led 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 sharp declines of -11% and -9%, respectively.
Package volumes in China rose just 2% to 111 billion, the slowest pace of growth the company has been tracking. By 2025, the volume of parcels is most likely to reach 225 billion, and the compound annual growth rate from 2023-2028 will reach 6% in the next five years, which is different from last year's forecast of 8%.
