b'6American Journal of Transportation ajot.comPOH_127_x_152.qxp_(AJOT)04.06.2012:25Seite 1United States to European Countries by TEU TEUsCOUNTRY OF FOREIGN PORT Q1 2020 Q1 2019 YOUR PORTBELGIUM 115,565 114,503SPAIN 101,216 89,643NETHERLANDS 85,202 85,273GERMANY 74,843 77,529UNITED KINGDOM 50,216 53,588ITALY 38,676 46,027 JUST ONE CLICK AWAY.TURKEY 31,617 19,628FRANCE 16,519 17,149GEORGIA 10,229 8,791GREECE 6,681 8,299OTHERS 32,956 28,940Total 563,719 549,368Source: Descartes-DatamyneUnited States to European Countries by TEUTEUsCOUNTRY OF FOREIGN PORT Jan-May 2020 Jan-May 2019BELGIUM 184,067 195,746SPAIN 143,964 145,739NETHERLANDS 132,635 141,531 PORTOFHAMBURG.COMGERMANY 116,901 136,307UNITED KINGDOM 79,104 89,564 Port of Hamburg Marketing ITALY 62,631 77,500 Pickhuben 6, 20457 Hamburg, Germany TURKEY 45,437 37,808FRANCE 25,433 29,693 Phone: +49 40 377 09-0 GEORGIA 13,875 15,722 E-Mail: [email protected] 10,176 13,073OTHERS 52,481 50,019Total 866,703 932,701Source: Descartes-DatamyneUnited States to Europe by CarrierTEUs announced the ending of the sanctionand the weaponizing of 232 tariffsCARRIER Q1 2020 Q1 2019 exemption clearing the way for sanc- and thats just for starters. After all that, HAPAG LLOYD A G (HLCU) 129,870 120,102 tions against EU companies], criticismthere is the Trump administration sup-MSC-MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY S A (MSCU) 115,508 119,487 of NATO and European defense con- port for a hard Brexit, anti-EU intra-MAERSK LINE (MAEU) 91,888 90,339 tributions,themovingof9,000U.S.political groups and the U.S. handling OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS PTE LTD (ONEY) 51,829 43,603 troops out of Germany, the moving ofof the COVID-19 pandemic resulting CMA-CGM (CMDU) 45,278 39,533ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE LTD (OOLU) 39,818 29,471 the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalemin the U.S. being left off of the July 1st EVERGREEN LINE (EGLV) 16,662 17,534 EU travel list. INDEPENDENT CONTAINER LINE LTD (IILU) 13,010 16,191HAMBURG SUD (SUDU) 12,280 13,035 F riendS AndF reneMieSYANG MING MARINE TRANSPORT CORP (YMLU) 11,632 9,422 There is an old saying my ene-OTHERS 35,945 50,653 mysenemyismyfriendandthe Total 563,719 549,368Source: Descartes-Datamyne Trump Administration has cast China as a global star in that role.At the vir-tual Copenhagen Democracy Summit (AVERTEDcontinued from page 5) list of issues with the U.S. is longtheonJune19th,SecretaryofState and strongly on European Union sideauthorization of sanctions against anyMichaelPompeoaddressingEurope if we dont get the type of outcome weInternationalCriminalCourtofficialand the China Challenge said, Over expect from the United States whoinvestigatesU.S.troops,digi- decades,AmericansandEuropean Ofcourseveryfewthingsema- taltaxation,sanctionsagainstEuro- companiesinvestedinChinawith natingfromWashingtonhavemetpeancompaniesworkingwithIranenormousoptimism.Nowwere the type of outcome the EU eitherand Cuba, Noord Stream 2 proposeddeeplyintertwined.Butevenso expected or desired. The EUs laundrylegislation[atthiswritingPompeoEu Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan even so, we must acknowledge a set offactsaboutwhoandwhatweredealing withThe Chinese Commu-nist Party decreed an end to freedom in Hong Kong, violating a UN-regis-tered treaty and the rights of its citi-zensone of just many international treaties that the Chinese Communist Party has violated. INDEPENDENT CONTAINER LINERecently, President Trump signed anexecutiveorderthatwouldend www.icl-ltd.compreferential treatment for Hong Kong. At the news conference, Trump said, (AVERTEDcontinued on page 7) ICL is a World Class Trans-Atlantic shipping line with an integrated logistics network offering the most reliable delivery and customer-focused solutionssecretary of state Michael PompeoWarehousing'