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12.10.31

US, Canada Set to Strengthen Cross-border Cargo Security

The U.S. and Canada announced the launch of the Prince Rupert Pilot to strengthen cargo security at the Canada-U.S. border as part of the Integrated Cargo Security Strategy in the Beyond the Borde...

12.10.29

Japan-China Box Traffic Declines for Two Straight Months

The volume of containerized shipments exported from Japan to China in August 2012 was 1,075,529 tons, decreasing 5.1% from a year earlier, according to a recent report on container movement betwee...

12.10.29

US FDA Urges Registration Renewal for Food Facilities

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that biennial registration renewal for food facilities began at on October 22, 2012. The updated food facility registration system is ac...

12.10.26

Japanese Ports Handle 1.406 million TEUs in August

Ninety-three ports in Japan handled a total of 1.406 million TEUs of loaded and empty oceangoing containers in August 2012, decreasing 4.1% year on year, according to a report released on Oct. 19 ...

12.10.25

China to Ban Foreign Ships from Sailing on Domestic Waterways

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has signed a State Council Order No. 625, which would ban foreign-flag vessels from sailing on domestic waterways including the Chang Jiang. Vessels registered in Hong K...

12.10.24

Eastbound Containers from Asia to U.S. down 3.7% in August

Volume of containerized shipments moving eastbound from Asia to the U.S. decreased 3.7% from a year earlier to 1.177 million TEUs in August 2012, according to a report released by the Japan Mariti...

12.10.24

IADA Recommends Rate Hikes for Winter Season

The Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) has recommended a rate restoration program for winter season to make up for the shortfall of the originally targeted revenue recovery as well as to set...

12.10.22

Japan's Trans-Siberian Intermodal Operators Attend CCTT Meeting

The 21st plenary meeting of the Coordinating Council on Trans-Siberian Transportation (CCTT) was briefed when the Trans-Siberian Intermodal Operators Association of Japan (TSIOAJ) met on Oct. ...

12.10.22

Japan Customs Uploads English Version of Procedure Specifications of Japan's ''24-Hour Rule''

Japan Customs has issued an English version of Procedure Specifications of the proposed ''Advance Filing Rules on Maritime Container Cargo Information'' which will be implemented in March 2014. Th...

12.10.18

Box Traffic at Hong Kong Dips 2.4%, Shenzhen in September

Container throughput at Hong Kong amounted to 1.9 million TEUs in September, a year-on-year decline of 2.4 percent from the two million TEUs in September last year, according to statistics from th...

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