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12.08.31
China's Container Throughput Slows down in July
According to China's Ministry of Transport, the nation's foreign trade cargo throughput amounted to 249.47 million tons in July, representing a year-on-year growth of 4.2%. For the first seven mon...
12.08.30
Container Traffic in Japan Totals 17.5 Million TEUs in 2011
A total of 17,525,472 TEUs of loaded and unloaded export and import containers were handled at 64 foreign-trade container ports in Japan in 2011, increasing 4% from a year earlier, according to a ...
12.08.27
US East Coast Port Labor Warns Strike Following Breakdown of Contract Talks
Negotiations between the International Longshoremen's Association （ILA） and their maritime employers United States Maritime Alliance （USMX） over a new master contract broke down on Wednesday. ...
12.08.24
Asia to US Container Traffic Grows 2% in First Half
In June 2012, 18 Asia--Japan and 17 other economies in the region--exported a total of 1.151 million TEUs of containerized shipments to the U.S., increasing 3.2% from a year earlier, according to ...
12.08.23
ADB Predicts 7-8% Annual GDP Growth for Myanmar
Myanmar could follow Asia's fast growing economies and expand at 7% to 8% a year, become a middle income nation, and triple per capita income by 2030 if it can surmount substantial development cha...
12.08.21
Container Traffic at Hong Kong, Shanghai Slides in July
Container throughput for all Hong Kong port facilities fell 7.1% in July to 2.069 million TEUs, compared to the July 2011, according to Hong Kong's Maritime Department. This represents the fourth ...
12.08.21
Information on sending 2012 logistics research mission
The General Affairs Committee will send a group of logistics researchers to Singapore, Cambodia and Indonesia. The JIFFA 2012 logistics researchers plans to visit port and harbor facilities in Sing...
12.08.21
Course for qualifying International Multimodal Transport Specialists to start in Tokyo in October
In fiscal 2012, the course will be held on a total of 10 days (30 classes) - every Tuesday and Thursday from Oct. 4 to Nov. 15. The qualification examination will be given on Nov. 22.
12.08.20
JETRO Predicts High Growth among Emerging Economies amid Slowing Economy
The Japan External Trade Organization （JETRO） said in its recently released global trade report that world trade hits a record high in 2011 but then rapidly decreases in 2012, while the trade st...
12.08.16
Lebaran Holidays to Start from Aug 17 in Indonesia
Shippers and freight forwarders exporting merchandise for Indonesia are advised that Lebaran holidays fall on August 17 ? 26 this year. Lebaran is an Islamic celebration to mark the end of Ramadan...
