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11.04.26
Japan Unveils Guideline for Radiation Inspections
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) on April 22 unveiled a guideline for conducting radiation inspections (see the attached file). The guideline was developed by...
11.04.22
Box Throughput at Chinese Ports Make Double-digit Growth in 1Q
Combined volume of containerized shipments handled at Chinese ports in the first quarter (January-March) of 2011 was 36,253,100 TEUs, which represented a double-digit increase of 13.1% from a year...
11.04.21
Japan's Current Radiation Levels Not Hazardous: IMO
Responding to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the following radioactive leak from a nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced last Fr...
11.04.21
Japan-Nakhodka Service Line to Introduce 'Fukushima Surcharge'
Iino Koun, a Japan-Nakhodka service operator, has announced they are introducing ''Fukushima Surcharge'' to absorb extra costs to navigate through Kanmon Strait instead of its regular course throu...
11.04.15
Chiba, Saitama Added to US Food Import Alert List
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday added the two Japanese prefectures of Chiba and Saitama to its Import Alert which addressed detention of products from Japan due to radiation...
11.04.15
South Korea Requires Radiation-free Certificate on Food Imports from Japan
The Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) announced Thursday that it would require radiation safety documentation and certificate of origin on imports of food from 12 prefectures and Tokyo M...
11.04.13
Mexico to Introduce Advanced Manifest System Air Cargo
Mexico Customs will introduce mandatory Advanced Manifest System (SAM) for air cargo, effective May 1, 2011. Under the new regime, shippers will be required to file an advanced electronic declarat...
11.04.12
Europe-bound Container Traffic Drops 12% in February
Westbound containers from Asia to Europe decreased a notable 11.9% year on year to 830,600 TEUs in February 2011 due to China’s Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) holidays, according to a report on...
11.04.11
Containers from Asia to U.S. up 11.2% in January
Container trade between Asia and the U.S. was brisk in January 2011. Thanks to the improvement in consumption in the U.S., eastbound shipments from 18 Asian economies to the U.S. rose 11.2% from a...
11.04.08
Philippines to Introduce Automated Export System in May
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) of the Philippines will be implementing its electronic-to-mobile (e2m) Automated Export Documentation System (AEDS) in May in Manila ports and in June for all other por...
