Trade

US-Asia containers rates on the rise

Posted in: Logistics 09/20/2013 - 16:51

OAKLAND, CA, Aug. 27, 2013 (Press Release) - After months of uneven demand and gradually eroding freight rates in the U.S.-Asia trade lane, container shipping lines say it is time to begin reversing the trend.

Pulp and paper traffic on the Genesee & Wyoming jumps 6.4% in June

Posted in: Logistics 07/26/2013 - 07:11

Genesee & Wyoming reported pulp and paper traffic in June was up 6.4% to 13,909 carloads compared with a year ago and reflecting the combination of the company with RailAmerica. Lumber and forest products volume in June was 0.7% higher to 10,781 carloads.

For second quarter, pulp and paper carloads at 41,372 carloads were 7.8% higher than in 2012. Lumber and forest products volume was 8% higher to 34,506 carloads. G&W's total traffic in June was up 3.7% and for second quarter was 6.7% higher.

Market leader Antwerp to collaborate even more intensively with Brazil

Posted in: Logistics 04/02/2013 - 20:00

Antwerp - The port of Antwerp has signed a collaboration agreement with the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo aimed at further strengthening the good trade relations with that country. The agreement was signed today by Luc Arnouts, Chief Commercial Officer of Antwerp Port Authority, and Mr. Saulo de Castro Abreu Filho, Secretary of State for Transport and Logistics of Sao Paulo. Antwerp is already the market leader in trade between South America and Europe.

Eldorado exports first 2,500 tonnes of pulp through Santos port

Posted in: Logistics 01/11/2013 - 02:57

SAO PAULO, Jan. 11, 2013 (RISI) -Brazil's Eldorado shipped its first pulp batches this week through Santos port, in São Paulo state, located around 800 km from its Três Lagoas 1.5 million tonnes/yr pulp mill. The company stated that 2,500 tonnes of bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp will be delivered to Mobile, AL, in the United States.

"We will produce 1.4 million tonnes of pulp in 2013 and 90% of that volume will be exported through Santos," Eldorado said in a statement.

EU spending will give ports and shortsea trades a boost

Posted in: Logistics 11/16/2012 - 02:42

BRUSSELS, Nov. 16, 2012 ((From the web)) -Proposed European Union infrastructure spending of €50 billion (US$63.8bn) will directly affect the continent's shipping, according to European Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas.

Kallas told our sister publication Lloyd's List that the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) would help shipping to meet "the modernisation challenge", both by stimulating the shortsea sector and by modernising its ports.

Weekly North American pulp and paper freight falls 6.9% from year ago

Posted in: Logistics 09/28/2012 - 09:53

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28, 2012 (RISI) -North American pulp and paper railroad freight in the week ending Sept. 22 dropped 6.9% from a year ago to 8,990 carloads, the Assn of American railroads reported. Volume through 38 weeks of 2012 at 358,737 carloads was 1.9% lower than in 2011.

Weekly pulp and paper rail freight in the US declined 6.3%, Canada fell 7.4% and Mexico plunged 39%, AAR showed.

North American lumber and wood products freight in the week at 5,796 carloads was up 1.9% from a year ago and year-to-date at 223,895 carloads was 10.5% higher.

Weekly North American pulp and paper freight off slightly as US slips 2.3%

Posted in: Logistics 09/21/2012 - 08:13

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2012 (RISI) -North American pulp and paper rail freight in the latest week ending Sept. 15 was off 0.2% from a year ago to 9,338 carloads, the Assn of American Railroads reported. Freight through 37 weeks of 2012 at 349,747 carloads was down 1.8% from 2011.

Weekly pulp and paper volume in the US was down 2.3%, Canada rose 3.8% and Mexico declined 10.3%.

North American lumber and wood products rail freight in the week at 5,925 carloads was up 3.8% and year-to-date at 218,099 carloads was 10.8% higher than a year ago.