Economic Effects of Container Shipping into World Seaborne Trade - English

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST of TABLES & FIGURES:

•  P07 Top 10 container shipping companies in order of TEU capacity.
•  P36 Global Containerized Trade, 2001 to 2011 (Forecast).
•  P40 World Economic Growth, 2003 to 2006.
•  P41 Growth in volume of merchandise trade, by geographical region.
•  P43 Development of International Seaborne Trade, selected years.
•  P44 International Seaborne Trade for selected years.
•  P47 Graphic of Annualy Transportation Tonnages.
•  P51 Distrubition of the World Fleet and DWT Capasity of Containership.
•  P52 Ton-Miles performed DWT of total World Fleet.
•  P53 Estimated productivity of tankers, bulk carriers, combined carriers.
•  P54 Analysis of tonnage surplus by main type of vessel.
•  P55 Growth of Supply and Demand in Container Shipping.
•  P56 Trends in surplus capacity by main vessel types.
•  P58 Maritime Engagement of 25 Major Trading Nations.
•  P60 Growth of the World Cellular Container Fleet.
•  P63 Freight Rates per TEU on the three Major Liner Trade Routes.
•  P65 Estimated Cargo Flows on Major Trade Routes.
•  P66 Europe-Far East Trade: Percentage slot capacity share by line / grouping.
•  P70 Estimates of total freight costs as a percentage of value imports in world trade.
•  P71 World Container Fleet.
•  P72 World Container Production.
•  P73 Evolution of prices of new containers.
•  P74 Evolution of leasing rates.
•  P76 Container port traffic for 62 developing countires and territories.
•  P79 Top 20 Container Terminals and their throughput for 2004 to 2006.
•  P91 Total freight forwarding market : Market Share.
•  P92 Global Freight Forwarding Market Size and Growth Rate.
•  P95 Real GDP growth rates of selected Asian economies.
•  P102 Container handling by Region.
•  P103 Trends in Global Container Shipping.
•  P103 The Proportion of Transhipment is increasing.
•  P104 Container ships on the advance.
•  P105 Container ship fleet is continually expanding (graph on value of Million TEU).
•  P105 Global Container Shipping stays on course for growth.
•  P109 Trend of the HARPEX.
•  P112 Average Charter Rates by size of Ship.

ABBREVIATIONS and ACRONYMS USED:

•  ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations
•  BAF Bunkering adjustment factor
•  Bcm Billion cubic metres
•  CAF Currency adjustment factor
•  c.i.f. Cost, insurance and freight
•  dwt Deadweight tons
•  ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
•  EU European Union
•  FDI Foreign direct investment
•  FEU 40 inch - foot equivalent unit
•  f.o.b. Free on board
•  GDP Gross domestic product
•  GT Gross tons
•  IMF International Monetary Fund
•  IMO International Maritime Organization
•  ISO International Organization for Standardization
•  ISPS Code International Ship and Port Facility Security Code
•  LNG Liquefied natural gas
•  LPG Liquefied petroleum gas
•  mbpd Million barrels per day
•  n.a. Not Available
•  NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
•  n.e.s. Not Elsewhere Specified
•  OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
•  OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
•  TEU 20 inch - foot equivalent unit
•  THC Terminal Handling Charges
•  ULCC Ultra-large crude carrier
•  UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
•  VLCC Very Large Crude Carrier
•  WS Worldscale
•  WCO World Customs Organization
•  WTO World Trade Organization

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