>> BoxTradeIntelligence has released an analysis of Asia-Europe Westbound trade lane.  It is available here .

>> MDS Transmodal's presentation to Intermodal Europe 2011 conference in Hamburg is available for download.

>> MDS Transmodal's presentation on Port Infrastructure Development to RenewableUK 2011 conference in London is available for download. 

>> The 2011 competition for funding for international sustainable distribution services from the European Commission's Marco Polo Programme has now started and the deadline for submissions is 16 January 2012.   For a description of the main changes to the Programme this year and how MDS Transmodal can help you to develop a successful application, please see the attached White Paper

>> Longer lorries.  On the 30th March, the Department for Transport (DfT) published a consultation on a proposal to allow a 2.05m increase in the length of semi-trailers and a maximum overall length for articulated HGVs of 18.75m.  Read more

>> The UK Government's Comprehensive Spending Review has been very significant for the transport market.  MDS Transmodal produced freight traffic forecasts for the Freight Transport Association's submission.

For FTA's submission click here.

The current and forecast road and rail traffic maps are our work.

>> South America Trade Briefing The third in the series of trade briefings from MDS Transmodal - the South America Trade Briefing -presents analysis of containerised trade data to 4Q 2009 and forecasts for the next two years using the MDS Transmodal World Cargo Database.

>> North America Trade Briefing The second in the series of trade briefings from MDS Transmodal - the North America Trade Briefing -presents analysis of containerised trade data to 4Q 2009 and forecasts for the next two years using the MDS Transmodal World Cargo Database.

>> China Trade Briefing 2010  The latest China Trade Briefing report from MDS Transmodal highlights key trends in China's containerised import and export trades with near term quarterly predictions for 2010 and 2011.  Although the last 18 months have seen the container markets fall in spectacular fashion, still the words "double-digit growth" have not left the shipping industry's parlance as far as China is concerned.  The China Trade Briefing report shows why.  As well as looking at broad trends in imports and exports the report provides specific details on China's container trades with trading partners and particular commodity groups, drilling down to SITC 5 digit level in some cases.

>> Consolidated UK International Passenger database, available for 2010, describing passenger volumes by mode, route, origin/destination, journey purpose, length of stay and purpose, compatible with IPS, ferry operator and CAA sources. More...Italiano...

 

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Container shipping

For over 20 years MDS Transmodal has been a key source of specialist information on containerships and their deployment, liner services and forecasts of capacity.

Containership Databank 

The Databank enables us to produce bespoke analyses of the world's container carrying fleet of over 9000 vessels. For every vessel currently in service, the Databank provides over 35 fields of information including operational information such as:

  • operator of the vessel
  • service on which vessel is deployed
  • frequency of the service
  • route of the service
  • port rotation of the service
  • number of vessels in the service

and physical information such as:

  • vessel type
  • nominal TEU capacity of the vessel
  • deadweight
  • reefer slot capacity
  • service speed
  • year of build
  • yard of build

Additionally, the Databank includes information about vessels on order and vessels removed from the commissioned fleet.

The service deployment of individual vessels in the fleet frequently changes. The Databank tracks these changes and is continually updated. The Databank has been produced since 1985 thus enabling a wide range of historical analyses to be undertaken.

Samples of the types of analyses that can be provided are included in the Download area.    

Container Capacity Forecast (CCF)

The Container Capacity Forecast (CCF) builds on the information in the Containership Databank to provide a three-year prediction, by quarter, of vessel deployment on individual services on the main arterial routes -

  Transpacific, Transatlantic and Europe/Far East

Some sophisticated features are included, such as weighout factors applied to the deadweight trades and capacity allocation by sector on multi-sector itineraries. The CCF takes account of all known vessels on order in developing the forecasts and also the impact of vessel displacement, as the "cascade effect" shifts vessels from route to route.

The output of the CCF consists of summary tables for each route, eastbound and westbound separately, by service string. In addition, a list of route allocation factors applied is provided together with a brief commentary by service on vessel deployment and redeployment.

Samples of the types of analyses that can be provided are included in the Download area.