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12.11.30
TSA to Integrate WTSA to Cut Administrative Costs
The members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) have filed an amendment with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) that would expand TSA's scope to include the entire transpacif...
12.11.29
Japan-Australia Carriers Adopt 2013 Business Plan
Member lines of the Australian And New Zealand/Eastern Shipping Conference （ANZESC） and Asia Australia Discussion Agreement （AADA） have adopted their business plan for 2013 for shipments from ...
12.11.29
JIFFA Members Handle Record 46.96 million Tons in 1st Half of FY2012
In the first half of fiscal 2012 （April-September）, 46,966,000 revenue tons of international multimodal transport cargoes were transported to and from Japan by Japan International Freight Forwar...
12.11.28
Global Container Tonnage Rises 7% in 2012 Outpacing Cargo Growth: NYK Report
Global container movement is expected to grow a mere 3% to 4% year on year in 2012, according to a report released on Nov. 22 by Nippon Yusen Kaisha （NYK）’ Research Group. In 2011, container thr...
12.11.28
Japan ? China Container Traffic Remains Sluggish in September
In September 2012, Japan exported 963,553 tons of containerized shipments to China, decreasing 6.5% from a year earlier and 5.7% from a month earlier, according to the Japan Maritime Center （JMC...
12.11.27
Box Traffic from Asia Slips for 7 Straight Months
Asia exported 1,107,400 TEUs of containerized shipments to Europe in September 2012, according to a report released by the Japan Maritime Center （JMC）. The throughput was down 1.7% from a year e...
12.11.27
China's Export Box Trade Market Continues Declining
The China Containerized Freight Index （CCFI） for the week ended on November 23 stood at 1,144.98 points, down by 0.7% from the previous week while the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index （SCFI...
12.11.26
Japanese Firms Rapidly Expanding into Myanmar
As of the end of October 2012, a total of 91 Japanese companies had made inroads in Myanmar, a significant increase of 75% from two years earlier, according to research conducted by Teikoku Databa...
12.11.20
Box Throughput at Hong Kong Continues to Slide
The port of Hong Kong handled 1,891,000 TEUs in October, representing a decrease of 9.9% on the volume for the same month in 2011. For the first ten months, container throughput at Hong Kong decli...
12.11.20
Amended UPU Convention Requires Advance Data on Postal Items
The World Customs Organization （WCO） welcomed the decision of the Universal Postal Union （UPU） to make its security standards mandatory for its 192 member countries, thereby establishing a leg...
