Ocean freight market: Vessel deliveries reached almost 300’000 TEU in June

Container throughput at Rotterdam, Europe’s largest container port, fell significantly in the first half of 2023, adding to declines already reported for 2022, and returning the port’s volumes back to levels last seen six years ago. Container volumes in the six-month period reached 6.7 mTEU, a 8.1% decline on the same period a year earlier, driven by lower imports from Asia and the ongoing discontinuation of volumes to and from Russia