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15.01.30
OECD Eyes International Freight to Quadruple by 2050
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said Tuesday in its ITF Transport Outlook that in the face of shifting global trade patterns, international freight transport volum...
15.01.28
EU's Proposal on '24-Hour Rule' Requires NVO's Advance Filing
The European Commission has been working to rewrite the European Union's advance cargo data reporting requirements for quite a while, and is now in the final stages of completing its proposal as pa...
15.01.28
Eastbound Transpacific Box Volumes Hit Record in 2014
Container trade from 18 countries and regions in Asia to the U.S. increased 5.9% from a year earlier to 14,652,096 TEUs in 2014, reaching an all-time high for the time in seven years, or since 2007...
15.01.26
Japanese Manufacturers See Business Expansion in Europe
Motivation in Japan's manufacturing industry toward business expansion in Europe returns to level from before financial crisis Between October and November 2014, the Japan External Trade Organizati...
15.01.23
South California Ports See Third-Busiest Year Ever
Container volumes at the Port of Los Angeles increased 6 percent in 2014 over the previous year, with total volumes reaching 8,340,065 TEUs. It was the third busiest year in the port's history, jus...
15.01.22
Parcel Delivery by Sea to Shanghai Faces Significant Delay
Japan Post announced on Jan. 19 that there is a major delay in mail and parcel delivery by sea to Shanghai and other municipalities in China. A notable increase in mail imports to the Port of Shang...
15.01.21
Vancouver Container Truckers Warn Strike on Feb. 1
Members of the Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers’ Association (VCTA), British Columbia’s largest union representing container truck drivers in Port Metro Vancouver, and the United Truckers Associ...
15.01.21
Singapore Ranked 2nd Busiest Box Port Again in 2014
Container throughput at the port of Singapore totaled 33.86 million TEUs, up 4.0% compared to 32.57 million TEUs registered in2013. The figure stood behind that of Shanghai which handled 35.38 mill...
15.01.20
62 Business Operators Registered or Licensed As NVOCCs in 2014
In 2014, 62 Japanese and other business operators were either registered or licensed in Japan as non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs), according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Tr...
15.01.19
Intra-Asia Box Traffic Ticks up a Bit in November
A total of 1.256 million TEUs of containerized shipments were traded among 13 Asian countries and regions including Japan in November 2014, which increased a slight 1.7% compared to 1.234 million T...
