Foreign Trade

CONTAINER INDUSTRY-RELATED LINKS

FASTER CONTAINER SHIP HEADING TO PORTLAND
SPM Container Lines plans a bigger, faster ship to improve weekly container service for Hapag-Lloyd and other carriers between Boston; Portland; and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Containers of New England products taken to Halifax are transferred to ships bound for Asia, Europe, and Australia.

For Maine exporters, the new ship will ensure that cargo reaches Halifax in time to be shipped out again Thursday to markets around the world.

MONTHLY CONTAINER MOVES
1997-2004
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
 
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER 		185
159
239
169
204
192
297
133
187
194
85
129 		57
138
151
100
67
145
106
175
145
102
111
198 		180
276
290
228
143
225
211
175
199
212
340
227		 137
229
247
140
155
166
154
174
187
159
114
149 		192
154
140
143
161
127
132
131
127
213
87
125 		108
206
186
241
191
180
209
165
218
195
185
160 		250
102
201
230
162
205
197
135
136
157
188
179		 103
183
188
156
217
163
0
0
0
0
0
0
 
TOTAL2173 1495 2706 2011 1732 1899 2142 1010
  
 

CONTAINER INDUSTRY-RELATED LINKS
Federation of International Trade Associations
Hapag-Lloyd
 International Trade Administration
 Journal of Commerce
 Library of International Trade Resources
Maersk
Piers
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Customs Ports of Entry
U.S. International Trade Commission