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13.12.30
Lifting of Ban on Poultry Import from Thailand Expected to Bolster Reefer Cargo Demand
Demand for transporting reefer cargo from Thailand to Japan is expected to grow as Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) on Dec. 25, 2013 lifted a ban on the import of poul...
13.12.24
Asia-Europe Box Traffic Back on Growing Track
The Asia – Europe container trades have got back onto a growing track of growth after the volume marked a positive growth of 0.8% in June. Westbound containerize cargo flow in October from Asia to ...
13.12.20
Westbound Transpacific Box Traffic Grows 8.6% in October
Outbound containers from Japan and 17 other Asian nations to the U.S. amounted to 1,258,799 TEUs in October 2013, growing 8.6% year on year from 1,158,615 TEUs, according to a report recently relea...
13.12.19
Asia to Middle East/Red Sea/South Asia Lines Unveil 2014 Business Plan
Rate agreements of shipping lines covering trades from the Far East to destinations in the Middle East, Red Sea and South Asia recently have unveiled their rate restoration business plans for 2013...
13.12.18
Container Throughput at Chinese Ports up 7.2% in November
Ports in China handled a total of 16,386,400 TEUs of containerized shipments in November 2013, which increased 7.24% from a year earlier, according to a report compiled by the nation’s Ministry of ...
13.12.18
Intra-Asia Container Trade up 9.9% to 1.286 Million TEUs in October
A total of 1,286,000 TEUs of containerized shipments were carried on the intra-Asia trade in October 2013, growing 9.9% from a year earlier. Exports from Japan to 11 other Asian economies surged 15...
13.12.17
China to Expand VAT Program to Rail, Postal Sectors
China is set to expand the scope of its pilot value-added tax (VAT) program to railway transport and postal services starting on January 1, 2014, according to the nation's Ministry of Finance said ...
13.12.13
TSA Revenue Index for Oct Hits All-time Low
The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) Revenue Index for services bound for the West Coast of the U.S. and interior point intermodal (IPI) services was 83.11 points in October 2013, a decli...
13.12.13
Philippine Customs Issues Rules to Implement AEO Program
Philippines' Bureau of Customs (BOC) has recently issued rules and regulations for Philippine model of the Authorized Economics Operator (AEO) to enhance BOC-business partnership on trade security ...
13.12.12
JIFFA-certified International Multimodal Transport Specialists Number 4,724
JIFFA honored on Tuesday seven students who had done very well during the course for qualifying international multimodal transport specialists that its Education Committee had held for the current ...
