Shipping

StevieJ

Shipping seems to have picked up on the back of Chinese activity, this is often a good leading indicator, it collapsed 90%+ last year.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=avfqhRWZVKOs&refer=uk

pickles110564

StevieJ wrote: »

Shipping seems to have picked up on the back of Chinese activity, this is often a good leading indicator, it collapsed 90%+ last year.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=avfqhRWZVKOs&refer=uk

I mentioned that we have been seeing increased volume through the Port over the last few weeks.

bubblesmoney

guess stock levels must be down to bare bones now and for maintaining stock levels purchases must have restarted at sustainable reduced levels now.

where is sue (dont know if she is single still after bumping into a nice fellow she mentioned on some other threads) the in house shipping expert when you need her.

mewbie_2

pickles110564 wrote: »

I mentioned that we have been seeing increased volume through the Port over the last few weeks.

You've been mentioning that ever since shipping started to collapse about a year ago.

pickles110564

mewbie wrote: »

You've been mentioning that ever since shipping started to collapse about a year ago.

Mewbie, I think you will find that I only mentioned that volume was starting to rise again only a few weeks back.
Also at the moment overtime is back across every shift and every different skill set.

mewbie_2

pickles110564 wrote: »

Mewbie, I think you will find that I only mentioned that volume was starting to rise again only a few weeks back.
Also at the moment overtime is back across every shift and every different skill set.

Can you remind me where you gave any information about volumes dropping? If you only ever post good news, even if it is made up, then you will be right eventually.

pickles110564

mewbie wrote: »

You've been mentioning that ever since shipping started to collapse about a year ago.

Only from the 30/04/2009

pickles110564 wrote: »

Last weeks volume up again, something is starting to heat up.

mewbie_2

I wonder where all these goods are going? Not to the shops I guess.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8074713.stm

mbga9pgf

mewbie wrote: »

I wonder where all these goods are going? Not to the shops I guess.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8074713.stm

I think this puts the recovery in context:


Not 100%, but much of the trade is going to the Far East; China in particular are pouring hundreds of billion s into commodites such as copper and Ore.

That aint stuff to go in our shops, thats stuff thats going to china that will turn it into a world leading superpower over the next 10 years.

mewbie_2

I'm guessing not a lot of iron ore and gold gets shipped to China via Felixstowe. Th only volume increasing is Pickles hysterical green shoots.

SingleSue

bubblesmoney wrote: »

guess stock levels must be down to bare bones now and for maintaining stock levels purchases must have restarted at sustainable reduced levels now.

where is sue (dont know if she is single still after bumping into a nice fellow she mentioned on some other threads) the in house shipping expert when you need her.

Lol, still here and still single (sort of).

Afraid I don't have anything to report with regards shipping levels, dad went up to our old office during the week but there was only a small amount of time for us to discuss how things are.

I suppose one indicator is that my old job is still open to me to take up at anytime I want, if things were really down the tubes, then I expect the story would be completely different.