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14.06.27
EU set to extend liner shipping consortia exemption
The European Commission has extended by another five years until April 2020 the validity of the existing legal framework exempting, if certain conditions are met, liner shipping consortia from EU a...
14.06.26
CBP issues guidelines for possible West Coast strike
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued Cargo Systems Message Service (CSMS) #14-000365 for trade stakeholders, which establishes procedures a possible west coast trade disruption that ...
14.06.26
TSA delays PSS implementation by two weeks
Shipping lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) have delayed the implementation date for their latest peak season surcharge (PSS), originally scheduled to be implemented on June 15...
14.06.23
Korea – China Box Trade Declines 1% in Q1
South Korea and China traded 619,921 TEUs of containerized shipments in the first quarter (January-March) of 2014, declining 1% year on year from 626,055 TEUs, according to a report compiled by an ...
14.06.20
Japan – China Box Traffic Dips in April
Exports of containerized shipments from Japan to China totaled 1,047,802 tons in April, declining 6.7% from a year earlier, according to a report compiled by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC) on cont...
14.06.19
Box Traffic at World Top 3 Ports Grows Steadily
The world’s Big Three container ports all achieved steady growth in throughput in May. The Port of Shanghai handled 3.017 million TEUs, increasing 2.8% from a year earlier from 2.94 million TEUs bu...
14.06.18
Manila Truck Ban Lifted for Six Months from June 10
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced it had lifted the truck ban to help address the port congestion problems in Manila. MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said last week...
14.06.17
Singapore Sees 4.1% Gain in Box Throughput in May
The port of Singapore handled 30.7 million tons of container cargo in May, up 3.5% from the same month last year and in numbers in terms of twenty feet equivalent, up 4.1% to 2.9 million TEUs, acco...
14.06.17
JIFFA General Meeting Approves Business Activities for FY2014
Japan International Freight Forwarders Association Inc. (JIFFA) approved a business plan for fiscal 2014 (April 2014-March 2015) at its annual general assembly on June 12. The business plan is made...
14.06.13
US's 100% Ocean Container Scanning Mandate Extended
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson has sent a letter to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee of DHS's decision that 100 percent scanning of ...
