News
13.05.31
TSA Recommends Further Rate Hikes Effective July 1
Transpacific container lines intend to pursue further revenue improvement that is essential if they are to achieve financial viability and maintain service levels customers expect in the service-in...
13.05.30
Information Committee Holds Intensive Seminar on Cloud Initiatives
The Information Committee of Japan International Freight Forwarders Association Inc. (JIFFA) held a special intensive seminar on cloud computing on May 28, 2013 at the association’s head office in ...
13.05.30
Intra-Asia Container Traffic Dips 3.3% in April
Container movement decreased 3.3% year on year to 1.215 million TEUs among 12 Asian economies in April 2013. Exports from Japan to the 11 other nations in the region went down 7.9% to 166,000 TEUs,...
13.05.29
Bangladesh Requires Importer's Business ID on Shipping Documents
Bangladesh's National Board of Revenue has issued a circular which requires all commercial banks to give clear instructions to the trading circles that Importers’ Business Identification Number be ...
13.05.28
Box Volumes Handled by JIFFA Members Top 90 Mln TEUs in FY2012
Members of Japan International Freight Forwarders Association Inc. (JIFFA) transported a total of 46.465 million tons of international multimodal cargoes to and from Japan in the second half of fis...
13.05.27
Export Container Shipping Market from China Remains Week
The downward trend dominated China export box market last week, worsening supply-demand picture in the market and applying downward pressure on freight rates generally. The China Containerized Frei...
13.05.24
CBP Set to Integrate Trade Security Programs
U.S.'s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will create the Trusted Trader program which will involve a unification of the current Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and Importer S...
13.05.24
Israeli Customs to Introduce ''24-Hour Rule'' on July 1
The Israeli Customs Authority will implement its own version of the Entry Summary Declaration (ENS) known as ''24-Hour Rule'' on July 1, 2013. The purpose of this new regulation is to allow Israeli...
13.05.23
Brazil Approves Port Reform Bill to Enhance Efficiency
The Brazil Congress has approved a port reform bill which will modernize and expand its overcrowded ports, opening the door to private investments and permitting the construction of privately-owned...
13.05.22
NACCS Co-Hosts Information Session on Advance Filing Rules in China Again
Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc. (NACCS Center), a provider of a system dedicated to electronic customs clearance of air/sea cargo, held information sessions regarding Adva...
