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>> 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.

>> Gran Bretagna-Italia Rapporto Passeggeri 2009 pubblicato da MDS Transmodal nel dicembre 2009,  si pone come finalità quella di offrire la propria conoscenza del mercato agli operatori dei servizi di trasporto, gestori di infrastrutture, analisti, operatori turistici ed autorità di viaggio e turismo che operano nel mercato del trasporto passeggeri tra la Gran Bretagna e l'Italia. 

>>The Great Britain-Italy Passenger Report 2009  published December 2009, provides a unique source of market intelligence for airlines, airports, analysts, tour operators and travel and tourism authorities on the passenger market between Great Britain and Italy.

>>As the world awaits a rebound, we examine the world trade in cars and maritime trade in containerised motor vehicle parts using data generated by the MDS Transmodal World Cargo Database.  The development of each of these trades is monitored from 1996 and in detail from Q1 2007 to Q2 2009 with projections generated by the World Cargo Database to 2020.  These currently suggest that whereas the decline will ease in 2010, it will not be until the latter half of 2011 that an upturn will become evident on a world scale.  Click here to access the article 'Car Trades Tracked'.

>>After several years of growth and investment things changed for the container industry last year.  In an article for Containersation International magazine, Mike Garratt examines what may happen next.  Click here to access the article 'One Year On..'.

>>Container Capacity Forecasts, 4th quarter 2009 for main east/west routes now available; showing anticipated deployment of exisiting and newbuild vessels to 2011 and consequent capacity by trade lane. More...

>>Consolidated UK International Passenger database, available for 2008, describing passenger volumes by mode, route, origin/destination, journey purpose, length of stay and purpose, compatible with IPS, ferry operator and CAA sources. More...

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For convenience, all downloads are grouped below in the following order: consulting capability statements, papers and articles and sample analyses. Click on individual items to download.  All items are in .pdf format. 

Consulting Capability Statements (including lists of past projects)

Ports Capability Statement

RoRo & Ferry Capability Statement

Rail Capability Statement

Papers and Articles

Car Trade Tracked November 2009. Article

One year on.. Containerisation International magazine, October 2009. Article

2nd European Shortsea Congress (Liverpool 2009) Presentation

China Trade Briefing Note 2 Note

The *11th Global Liner Shipping conference* (London 2009) Presentation

The Freightwise project's 2nd Annual International Conference. (Prague 2008) Presentation

Rail Connected Distribution Parks. (Intermodal Conference, Hamburg 2008) Conference paper

China Trade Briefing Note Note

Port Markets - Future Prospects for RoRo and Feeder (BPA Conference, Milford Haven, 2008) Conference paper

China Trade and Container Traffic. (2nd China Ports and Logistics Conference 2008) Conference paper

The holistic approach (to container trade and transport data) Containerisation International magazine, March 2007. Article

Forecasting for long term investment in container shipping. (Intermodal Conference, Hamburg 2006) Conference paper

Roro Freight Market Overview.  (Roro Conference, Ghent 2006) Conference paper

Why the Rail Freight Industry needs forecasts? (Rail Freight Handbook 2006) Article

The UK Ports Industry: Forecasting growth and developing capacity. (UK Government's Ports Policy Review Conference 2006) Conference paper

Maritime Highways, How can politicians dreams be realised ?  (Roro Conference, Gothenburg 2004) Conference paper

Short Sea and Waterway Freight. (Sea and Water Conference, 2004) Conference paper

Can container barges capture a competitive niche in the UK ? (SSA Seminar, 2004) Conference paper

Rail Freight within a wider policy framework. (RFG) Article


Container Shipping Data - samples

Top 20 operators, fleet size by owned, chartered and age, including vessels on order

Fleet by TEU sizeband, time series, including forecasts

200 largest containerships, time series, by operator

Current deployment of ships over 3000 TEU on east/west routes

Port connectivity – services calling at an individual port by carrier, route, frequency and capacity

Container Capacity Forecasts CCF output