Mexico attracted 24,831.7 million dollars of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the first nine months of 2021, which represented an advance of 5.7% compared to the same period of the previous year, the Ministry of Economy reported on Monday. The preliminary FDI registered for January-September 2021 came from:
Maersk and CMA CGM companies have expanded their logistics services with the aim of recruiting «end-to-end logistics clients», highlighted a UNCTAD report. To secure space on the vessels, some shippers seek long-term, multi-year, end-to-end contracts with shippers. For their part, some carriers are looking to convert «ocean customers»
Yokohama topped the list of the world’s best ports in 2020, according to the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), conducted by the World Bank and IHS Markit. In general, this index combines data on ships, their calls in ports and the loads they load and unload, as well
From October 2020 to September 2021, an estimated 1.4 billion smartphones were shipped globally, representing an 8% year-on-year increase, the company Qualcomm reported. Above all, this rise was driven by a recovery from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), which negatively affected consumer demand for smartphones. According
The American Iron and Steel Institute, an association of North American steel producers, reported that United States crude steel production operated at approximately 81% of capacity during the first nine months of 2021. With this, it grew from 66% in the first nine months of 2020. For its
The global steel market remains highly fragmented, with the top five companies accounting for just 17.5% of global production in 2020. That same coverage was 15% in 2000, according to statistics from The World Steel Association. Below are the five companies: China Baowu Group (115.29 million tons), ArcelorMittal