Container Market Report, January 2022
At the end of 2021, we thought COVID-19 pandemic would end with the Delta variant, but the mutant strain discovered in South Africa last November is named as the Omicron …
Container Market Report, December 2021
I would like to thank everyone for your support in 2021. It has been a year full of challenges for me. First, in February, I was interviewed from TV Tokyo’s …
Container Market Report, November 2021
The number of people infected with COVID-19 is dramatically decreasing in Japan. As of Sunday, November 7th, 162 new cases have been reported in Japan as a whole, 21 in …
Container Market Report, October 2021
According to information from Ocean Network Express (ONE), on the West Coast of North America as of October 1st, 65 vessels are waiting for berth at the ports of Los …
Container Market Report, September 2021
In last month’s report, I pointed out that one of the reasons for the increase in ocean freight and the shortage of containers was the slow handling of containers in …
Container Market Report, August 2021
On Aug. 8th (Sun), the 32nd Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo successfully completed its 17-day schedule, with approximately 11,000 athletes from 205 countries and regions competing in 339 events in …
Container Market Report, July 2021
The Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed for one year due to the spread of COVID-19, and will start on July 23rd (Fri), but it has been decided on July …
Container Market Report, June 2021
It’s a bit old topic, but in mid-April this year, two envelopes were posted to my home from the US government. Thinking of them as the usual US pension letters, …
Container Market Report, May 2021
The 46th President, Joe Biden, is reliable. He is the 78-year-old president, the oldest in the US history. At first, we were worried about whether he could perform the demanding …
Container Market Report, April 2021
It is encouraging for the global economy that US economic activity due to expenditure from staying at home remains strong. One of the indications is the preliminary employment statistics for …