Cycle

Is container volume growth running ahead of orders for port cranes and terminal equipment? Volume is the X axis, the book-to-bill of the two largest suppliers is the Y axis.

Container demand

Monthly container throughput growth, globally and by region.

Leading signals

Indicators that have tended to move before container volumes, and an experimental index built from them.

Disruption monitor

Vessel calls at 22 large container ports and transits through seven chokepoints.

Equipment makers

Orders, revenues and order books of the main port-equipment suppliers.

Investment

Where capacity is being added, and which equipment makers are winning orders.

Port equipment news

Headlines from public trade-press feeds from the last seven days, tagged by equipment maker and equipment type.