1. Market summary
• Composite Freight Traffic Indicator, % change year-on-year
• Comparison of East-West Air and Ocean Freight Rates [May '12=100]
• European Freight Forwarding Index (All transport modes)
2. International trade drivers
• Gross Domestic Product
• China Exports and Imports ($ billion)
• US Imports and Exports of Goods ($ billion)
• Japan Imports and Exports ($ billion)
• EU27 Imports and Exports (€ billion)
• Purchasing Manager's Indices
• Harmonised Unemployment Rates (seasonally adjusted)
• US Retail Sales and Inventories ($ billion)
• MSCI World Index (MXWO:IND)
• US and EU Consumer Confidence Indices
• Foreign Exchange Rates, Currency Units per US$
3. Ocean freight market
• Regional Growth in Container Activity, % change year-on-year
• Global Container Port Traffic, % change year-on-year
• Throughput of Selected Major Container Ports (’000 teu)
• Drewry Global Container Freight Rate Index ($ per 40ft container)
• Drewry East-West Container Freight Rate Index ($ per 40ft container)
• Supply/Demand in Global Container Shipping
• Drewry Forecast for Major East-West Container Trades
• Asia-Europe/Med Container Traffic (’000 teu)
• Far East to US Container Traffic (’000 teu)
• Europe/Med to US Container Traffic (’000 teu)
• European Freight Forwarding Index (sea freight)
• Hong Kong-Los Angeles Benchmark Rate (weekly averages, $ per 40ft container)
• World Container Index’s Shanghai-Rotterdam Container Freight Rate (weekly averages, $ per 40ft container)
• Bunker Prices and Far East-N Europe BAF
• Container Freight Rate Benchmarks (Spot Market) for Major Trade Routes, all-in ($ per 40ft container)
• Shanghai Port Throughput
• Los Angeles/Long Beach Port Throughput
• Singapore Port Throughput
• New York/New Jersey Port Throughput
• Hong Kong Port Throughput
• Antwerp Port Throughput
• Shenzhen Port Throughput
• JNP-India Port Throughput
• Monthly Containership Time Charter Rates ($ per day) and Average Fixture Period (months)
• Top 8 Containership Charterers
• World (Cellular) Containership Fleet
• Containership Orderbook by Size and Scheduled Delivery Year
• Recent Changes to Ocean Carrier Services
• Recent General Rate Increases
• Ocean Carrier BAFs in selected headhaul European trades
4. Air freight market
• Drewry East-West Air Freight Price Index (May ’12=100)
• Drewry Shanghai Export Air Freight Price Index (Nov ’08=100)
• International Air Freight Traffic (FTK), Capacity (AFTK) and Utilisation (FLF)
• International Air Freight Traffic and Capacity by Region
• International Air Freight Traffic (FTK) and Capacity (AFTK), % change year-on-year
• Worldwide Semiconductor Sales, $bn, % change year-on-year
• Y/Y Change in World Semiconductor Sales Compared to Y/Y Change to International FTKs
• US Air Freight Price Indices
• East-West Airfreight Price Multiplier
• European Freight Forwarding Index (Air freight)
• Jet Fuel Price Index (2000=100)
• International Freight Traffic of Selected Airports
• Jet Fuel Prices
• Monthly Air Freight Rates ex-Shanghai to Destinations in Europe and the US ($ per kg)
• Monthly Transpacific Air Freight Rates ($ per kg)
• Monthly Asia-Europe Air Freight Rates ($ per kg)
• Monthly Transatlantic Air Freight Rates ($ per kg)
5. Freight operators' financial stress index
• Z-score of Freight Transport Companies or Parent Companies
6. Shippers' interest round-up