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13.04.30
China Customs to Upgrade Pilot Paperless Clearance Scheme
The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) will expand its paperless customs clearance pilot program to all China's customs districts from May 2013, in a bid to facilitate customs cleara...
13.04.30
Port of Kobe Sees Ocean Containers Dip by 1.3% in 2012
The Port of Kobe handled a total of 2,567,540 TEUs of containerized shipments in 2012, decreasing 2.2% from a year earlier. The port suffered the first year-on-year decline in container throughput ...
13.04.26
Japan to China Box Volume Plunges 14.7% in February
Japan exported 961,505 tons of containerized shipments to China in February 2013, suffering a double-digit decline of 14.7% year on year from 1,266,632 tons, according to the Japan Maritime Center ...
13.04.26
Asia/Europe Box Traffic Grows Slightly in February
Outbound container movement from Asia to Europe amounted to 915,000 TEUs in February 2013, according to the Japan Maritime Center (JMC). It managed to make a year-on-year improvement for two months...
13.04.24
March Box Throughput at Busan Sets All-time High
South Korea’s Port of Busan handled 1.556 million TEUs of containerized shipments in March 2013, according to the Busan Port Authority (BPA). Growing 4.2% from a year earlier, the throughput was a ...
13.04.24
South Korean Lines Announce Rate Hikes for Korea/Japan Services
Members of the Korea Nearsea Freight Conference (KNFC) catering to the trade between South Korea and Japan will raise their base rates for services on the trade by US$50 per TEU and $100 per FEU on...
13.04.23
Xiamen Customs to Go Paperless on Trial from May
Xiamen Customs and Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau are set to implement a pilot program for paperless customs formalities for export and import goods from May 1, 2013. The move aims to cut ...
13.04.19
Japan's Used Cars Export Grows 3.9% in February
Exports of used automobiles amounted to 83,970 units in February 2013, increasing 3.9% from a year earlier, according to the International Auto Trade Association (iATA). From a month earlier, they ...
13.04.18
Container Lifting up 8.2% to 43.64 Million TEUs in China in Q1
Ports in China handled a total of 43,640,700 TEUs of containerized shipments in the first quarter (January-March) of 2013, increasing 8.2% from a year earlier, according to a report recently compil...
13.04.18
Shanghai Leads World's Box Traffic Rankings with Steady 3.6% Gain in Q1
Container throughput in the first quarter (January-March) of 2013 at the world’s three leading container ports was recently unveiled. The Port of Shanghai in China was the busiest container port in...
