Asia-Europe box cargo is up, with W Med, N Africa as frontrunners
CONTAINER volumes from Asia to Europe continued to increase in April, with volumes to the western Mediterranean and North Africa leading the way.
The latest figures from Container Trades Statistics show that overall Asia-Europe volumes in April increased 5.2 per cent on-year to 1.2 million TEU.
For the year to date, the trade lane has seen volumes grow by 5.8 per cent year on year during the first four months to reach 4.7 million TEU.
Of the three subsections included in the Asia-Europe trade lane, Asia to the western Mediterranean and North Africa saw volumes increase by the largest amount in percentage terms compared with a year ago.
Here, box volumes rose six per cent in April year on year to climb to 220,195 TEU.