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11.10.27
Ministry of Finance's Advisory Panel on Customs Unveils Report on Japan's ''24-Hour Rule''
Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) recently unveiled a summarized report on how Japan can pursue its goal of facilitating trade and ensuring security in international logistics at the same time. Th...
11.10.25
IADA Announces Ad Hoc Rate Restoration
The Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) has unveiled its recommendation to implement ad-hoc rate restoration to make up for the shortfall of the originally targeted revenue recovery. The increa...
11.10.21
South Korea, China to Increase Gateway Ports for Mutual Freight Cars Traffic
South Korea and China agreed to increase the number of gateway ports for their mutual traffic of trailers from the current five to nine at their second meeting of the Intermodal Freight Cars Trans...
11.10.19
Transpacific Box Traffic Dips 3.6% on Year in August
In August 2011, 1.221 million TEUs of containers were traded from Asia to the U.S., according to a preliminary report released by the Japan Maritime Center （JMC）. Quantitatively, they were the b...
11.10.17
FMC Proposes Rules for Contracts Based on Rate Index
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has unveiled its proposal to amend rules regarding certainty of terms of service contracts and non-vessel-operating common carrier service arrangements. The pr...
11.10.17
International symposiums to be held on Rotterdam Rules in Asia-Pacific
Symposiums on the Rotterdam Rules will be held in Tokyo on November 20-21, co-sponsored by the Japanese Maritime Law Association (JMLA) and the University of Tokyo’s Global Center of Excellence (CO...
11.10.17
Seminars on ACL for NVOCCs to be given in Kansai, Nagoya
ACL refers to tasks that forwarders and customs brokers carry out to send information on bills of lading (B/Ls) to shipping companies. Japan International Freight Forwarders Association Inc. (JIFFA...
11.10.14
Saudi Arabia Gives Nod to Jeddah-Dammam Landbridge Project
The Saudi Arabian government recently has approved a landbridge project which will link the port of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast of the Kingdom to Dammam and Jubail seaports on the Arabian Gulf thr...
11.10.13
Japan, Vietnam Agree on Policy Dialog in Logistics
Japan's Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry （METI） Tadahiro Matsushita and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nam Ho Thi Kim Thoa recently have signed cooperation agreemen...
11.10.12
Asia to Europe Container Traffic Grows 4% in Aug.
In August 2011, the volume of containerized shipments transported westbound from Asia to Europe was 1,283,100 TEUs, representing an increase of 4.14% from the 1,232,100 TEUs moved a year earlier, ...
