2011 – The year that was, for this shipping and freight blog

Greetings everyone.. Trust you had a grand entry into 2012..

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for my blog covering what went on in the background of this blog , and below is what they had to say..

This blog was viewed about 160,000 times in 2011.. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum which gets about 8.5 million visitors per year , it would take about 7 days for that many people to see it..

Majority of the visitors came to this blog searching, mostly for nvocc, telex release, demurrage and detention, house bill of lading, and types of containers..

The visitors came from various countries as below in ascending order :

Top 5 countries from North America  :

1. USA – 82.7%
2. Canada – 10.6%
3. Jamaica – 1.6%
4. Mexico – 1.6%
5. Panama – 0.6%

Top 5 countries from South America :

1. Brazil – 42.4%
2. Argentina – 15.8%
3. Chile – 13.2%
4. Colombia – 9.1%
5. Peru – 8.8%

Top 5 countries from Africa :

1. South Africa – 79.0%
2. Egypt – 4.6%
3. Kenya – 3.9%
4. Nigeria – 1.7%
5. Ghana – 1.6%

Top 5 countries from Europe :

1. United Kingdom – 21.8%
2. Germany – 9.2%
3. Netherlands – 6.4%
4. France – 6.1%
5. Italy – 5.6%

Top 5 countries from Asia :

1.  India – 30.0%
2. Singapore – 11.2%
3. UAE – 8.8%
4. Malaysia – 7.9%
5. Philippines – 5.4%

Top 5 countries from Oceania :

1. Australia – 74.9%
2. New Zealand – 22.8%
3. Fiji – 0.6%
4. Papua New Guinea – 0.6%
5. New Caledonia – 0.4%

Most visitors to this blog came from The United States with South Africa & India not far behind..

The most commented on post in 2011 was Under FOB terms – who should bear the charges for issuance of B/l : Shipper or Consignee??

The 5 most active commenters on this blog were:

1. Albert Mhizha 18 comments
2. MARLIN REDDY 8 comments
3. nazim 7 comments
4. yunus mohamed 6 comments
5. DINESH.L 6 comments

Thanks Guys..

These are the top 5 posts that most of you visited in 2011..

• Who is an NVOCC Operator and difference between a freight forwarder and NVOCC
• How to calculate CBM & Freight Ton
• Difference between Demurrage/Detention
• Container Stowage Planning and how it works
• What is a telex release..??

Well that was 2011 and i am looking forward to what 2012 holds..