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According to the latest flash estimate, the Container Throughput Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose quite sharply in August to a seasonally adjusted 134.4 points compared to the previous month. The strong growth was spread fairly evenly across the regions of the world analysed.

The Joint Economic Forecast Project Group forecasts a 0.1% decline in Germany's gross domestic product in 2024. Looking further ahead, the institutes expect a weak recovery with growth of 0.8% (2025) and 1.3% (2026). Compared to the spring forecast, this represents a downward revision of 0.2 (2024) and 0.6 (2025) percentage points. “In addition to the economic downturn, the German economy is also…

According to the latest flash estimate by the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), the Container Throughput Index rose to a seasonally adjusted 133.2 points in July compared to the previous month. The strongest increase in container throughput was recorded in the Chinese ports. In the European ports, throughput declined after…

According to the latest flash estimate by the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), the seasonally adjusted Container Throughput Index stagnated at 130.4 points in June. A pronounced drop in European ports was compensated by an increase in the rest of the world.

According to the latest flash estimate by the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), the Container Throughput Index rose to a seasonally adjusted 129.9 points in May compared to the previous month. The increase in container throughput in European ports was the main contributing factor.

According to the latest flash estimate by the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), the Container Throughput Index rose slightly in April to a seasonally adjusted 128.8 points compared to the previous month. In the European ports, container throughput fell by just under 8% compared to the previous month. This means that it has…

According to the latest flash estimate by the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), the Container Throughput Index has increased to 129.3 points during the past month. In European ports, it increased by more than 10 per cent compared to February while it stagnated in most other world regions.

According to the latest flash estimate by the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), the Container Throughput Index has increased compared with January to reach 129.5 points in February. Without the notable decline of container traffic in Chinese ports, the increase would have been much stronger. In European ports, container…

According to Germany’s five leading economic research institutes, the country’s economy shows cyclical and structural weaknesses. In their spring report, they revised their GDP forecast for the current year significantly downward to 0.1 percent. In the recent fall report, the figure was still 1.3 percent. Expectations for the coming year are almost unchanged at 1.4 percent (previously 1.5…

According to the latest flash estimate, the Container Throughput Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose slightly in January to a seasonally adjusted 126.5 points compared to the previous month. However, this increase is exclusively attributable to the Chinese ports, where the index is distorted by the New Year…