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COVID-19 – impact on shipping - Date: 12 November 2021

12 Nov 2021

Since the start of the COVID19 crisis, the Commission, the Member States and the shipping industry have been taking measures to ensure the continuity of operations and thus the security of supply. [...] EU – China and EU – US Traffic: This section analyses data on traffic intensity between the EU and China and between the EU and the US (irrespective of the flag of the ship) and identifies trends in 2020 and 2021 in comparison with 2019. [...] By processing data from MARINFO for 2019, 2020 and 2021, the EMSA report analyses also the impact of the COVID outbreak on the activities of ships flying the flags of EU Member States in terms of calls at any port in the world. [...] However, the most significant drop is also realized in month 5 (May) where the number of port calls from China to Europe drops to the very lowest of 55% of the number of these port calls in the homologous month in 2019. [...] The number of port calls by ships trading between the EU and the US are much lower compared to the equivalent calls for the EU and China, but not necessarily the traded volumes and especially the value of the goods.
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