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14.01.31
Shanghai Retains Its Top Position in World's Box Port Ranking
A ranking list of the world’s busiest container ports in 2013 has been made available. Shanghai and Singapore defended their titles as the busiest and second-busiest ports from a year earlier. Volu...
14.01.31
Asia-U.S. Lines Continue Further Revenue Push
The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) has announced further guideline increases for March and May, along with new 2014-15 contract program Transpacific cargo demand has posted steady growt...
14.01.30
Container Traffic in Korea Rises 3.9% to 23.44 Mln TEUs in 2013
Trade ports in South Korea processed a record-high 1.34 billion tons of cargo in total in 2013, increasing 0.8% year on year from 1.33 billion tons, according to an announcement made on Jan. 27, 20...
14.01.29
Japan, EU Customs Talk on AEO, Risk Assessment
The sixth Japan-EU Joint Customs Cooperation Committee (JCCC) was held in Tokyo last week. The JCCC oversees the implementation of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the European Uni...
14.01.27
Intra-Asia Container Trade Up 7% in November 2013
In November 2013, 1.302 million TEUs of containerized shipments were traded among 12 economies in Asia, which increased 7% year on year from 1.217 million TEUs. The trade’s container movement was f...
14.01.23
New Sri Lankan Regulation Stipulates Freight Rate Structure
The Sri Lankan government has announced a new regulation, stipulating the freight rate structure of containerized transports from and to Sri Lanka. As per the directive, with effect from January 6,...
14.01.23
Japan-China Container Movement Grows in Both Directions in November
Japan exported 1,015,184 tons of containerized shipments to China in November 2013, according to a report compiled by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC). Outbound container throughput increased 2.7% f...
14.01.22
China to Decentralize NVOCC Licensing Procedure
China's Ministry of Transport, as part of its decentralization initiatives, has decided to transfer its administrative licensing authority for NVOCCs to individual provincial transport departments....
14.01.21
New Panel to Discuss Logistics Aspect of Farm/Marine Products Export Drive
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan will launch a new panel on Jan. 24, 2014 to discuss how the nation’s logistics system can meet growth in exports of agric...
14.01.21
Shanghai Remains As World's Busiest Box Port in 2013
Container throughput at the Port of Shanghai reached 33.617 million TEUs in 2013, growing 3.3% year on year to help it defend its title as the world’s busiest container port, according to statistic...
