Turkish carriers launch VSA with joint service wooing Red Sea volumes
Turkish container carriers Turkon Line and Arkas Line seem to have scooped up significant India-Mediterranean ...
Ocean container teu-mile trade grew 18% year on year in 2024, to 1,171 teu per mile, mainly due to vessel detours to avoid the Red Sea , according to a Clarksons report.
Container teu-mile trade is a measure of the volume of goods transported in boxes, and is often used to analyse global trade patterns.
Front-loading to avoid potential disruptions to the traditional peak period, also caused an early peak season, wrote Clarksons analyst Trevor Crowe.
Global container trade grew 5%, to 211.6 ...
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