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13.03.28
India's Railways Ministry to Reduce Container Charges by Rail
India's Ministry of Railways has announced it had decided to rationalize haulage charges for containers transported by rail in privately owned wagons; the resultant reduction in haulage charges is ...
13.03.26
Intra-Asia Box Traffic Surges 14% in January
Container movement grew remarkably on the intra-Asia trade in January 2013, surging 14.3% year on year to 1.189 million TEUs. In breakdown, 1.118 million TEUs of dry containers were traded among 12...
13.03.22
Yellow Sea Liners Committee Carriers Eye Westbound Rate Hikes
Member shipping lines of the Yellow Sea Liners Committee (YSLC), which covers the trade between South Korea and China, will hike freight rates by US$50 per TEU on April 15, 2013 for services they o...
13.03.21
Container Traffic at Hong Kong Continues Decreasing in February
Container throughput of the port of Hong Kong declined 8.8% in February to 1.494 million TEUs, representing a negative growth for ten consecutive months. Containers handled at Kwai Tsing container ...
13.03.21
Germany Requires HS Code for All Cargoes to/from German Ports
According to the European Commission's directive and adopted by German's authority, with immediate effect, HS Code should be provided for all cargoes entering or to be transshipped at German ports ...
13.03.19
Japan to China Box Traffic Grows 9.7% in January
Exports of containerized shipments from Japan to China amounted to 855,876 tons in January 2013, increasing 9.7% from a year earlier, according to an announcement made recently by the Japan Mariti...
13.03.18
January Trans-Pacific Revenue Index Up Month on Month
In January 2013, the Trans-Pacific Revenue Index for services from Asia to the west coast of North America was 87.84 points, an increase of 2.30 points from the previous month’s 85.54 points, the ...
13.03.15
Chennai Port Begins Checking Weight of Import Containers
India's Chennai port has started to weigh the import container with effective March 1, 2013, in accordance with Chennai Customs instruction. According to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), any ...
13.03.15
Global Box Exports for January Rise 1.5% Year on Year
U.K.-based Container Trades Statistics (CTS) said global containerized exports fell by 2.27% in January compared to December 2012, down to 10,494,300 TEUs. The decline may not signal a fundamental...
13.03.14
Cargo Throughput at Nagoya Tops 200M Tons Mark in 2012
The Port of Nagoya handled a total of 202.62 million tons of shipments in 2012, growing 8.8% from a year earlier, according to preliminary statistics on port and harbor cargo handling results. Ca...
