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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 increased only slightly in November to a seasonally adjusted 124.5 points. Container throughput was declining in Chinese and European ports. The increase is mostly due other Asian ports’ increased traffic volumes.

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 fell slightly in October to a seasonally adjusted 125.0 points. The decline was mitigated by a slightly higher container throughput in Chinese ports. The recovery of recent months thus appears to be largely complete.…

According to the latest flash estimate, the container throughput index of RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose by 4 points in September compared to the preceding month to a seasonally adjusted 128.0 points. This exceptionally strong increase is predominantly attributable to the container throughput in Chinese ports. In many…

According to the Joint Economic Forecast, Germany's gross domestic product declines by 0.6% in 2023. This is a strong downward revision of 0.9 percentage points from the forecast made in spring 2023. "The most important reason for this revision is that industry and private con¬sumption are recovering more slowly than we expected in spring," says Oliver Holtemöller, Vice President and Head of the…

According to the latest flash estimate, the Container Throughput Index of RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose in August to a seasonally adjusted 124.7 points compared to the previous month. The increase is mainly due to container handling in Chinese ports. However, in many other regions of the world it has declined.

The current flash forecast for the Container Throughput Index of RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) indicates a seasonally adjusted slight decrease to 121.9 points in July, compared to the previous month. The global recovery of container throughput seems to have met its end for now.

The current flash forecast for the Container Throughput Index of RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) indicates a seasonally adjusted increase by two points to 125.2 points in June, compared to the previous month. The recovery in global container throughput thus slightly accelerated again. In contrast, throughput in European…

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) has increased to a seasonally adjusted 123.4 points in May. This marks the fourth consecutive month of growth in container throughput. However, it has not yet reached the level of the summer of last year.

In Summer 2022, Germany introduced an unprecedented reduction in public transport fares, the so-called 9-Euro Ticket, which granted nationwide access to public transport for just 9 Euros per month – recently followed up by the “DeutschlandTicket” program for 49 Euros per month. An analysis by RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and Yale University shows that the 9-Euro Ticket had little…

The current flash forecast for the Container Throughput Index of RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) indicates a seasonally adjusted increase to 121.2 points in April, compared to the previous month. This shows a continuing slight upturn of container throughput.