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15.04.28
Vietnam to Launch One-stop-shop Custom Mechanism
Vietnam's Investment and Trade Promotion Center has said on its Website that Vietnam Customs will officially launch the one-stop-shop customs mechanism at 9.00 a.m. on May 6, 2015 at international ...
15.04.27
Yemen Designated As War Risk Area by IBF
The International Bargaining Forum (IBF), with immediate effect, has declared all ports within the country of Yemen as areas of Warlike Operations and, as such, the rules as agreed within the IBF p...
15.04.23
First 23 km of Hanoi - Hai Phong Highway to Open to Traffic in May
The Hanoi - Hai Phong Expressway will partially open to the public on May 19, 2015, four years behind schedule. The expressway is designed for speeds of up to 120km/ph. with the total length of abo...
15.04.22
Kawasaki Port Reports 24% Surge in 2014 Box Traffic
The Port of Kawasaki handled a total of 85.66 million tons of seaborne inbound and outbound shipments in 2014, which decreased 4.4% from a year earlier and helped the port finish in ninth place amo...
15.04.22
China to Europe Spot Rates Continue Declining
Asia - Europe container spot rates have been beaten down to new lows. In the week ended on April 17, the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) produced by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange fell ...
15.04.21
Asia's 3 Major Ports Suffer March Box Throughput Decline
Container throughput at the port of Shanghai fell marginally in March by a 0.7% year on year to 2.94 million TEUs, compared to 2.96 million TEUs in March last year. The March figure represents a 14...
15.04.21
South California Ports Report Surge in Box Traffic in March
Container volumes at South California ports soared in March thanks to a rebound from slump in January and February due to traffic congestion as labor - management contract negotiations had dragged ...
15.04.20
India's Box Volumes Rises 6.7% in Fiscal 2014/15
The combined volume of containerized shipments handled at India’s 12 state-run ports in fiscal 2014 (April 2014-March 2015) was steady, growing 6.71% year on year to 7.958 million TEUs, according t...
15.04.20
Japan's Exports to China down 25.5%, But Imports up 34% in Feb
Exports from Japan to China plunged 25.5% from a year earlier to 760,950 tons in February, according to a report on trade between the two Asian economies that was unveiled on April 15 by the Japan ...
15.04.17
Malaysia to Levy Charges for Vehicles from Singapore
Malaysia is implementing a Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) fee of RM20 (US$5.50) for all foreign-registered vehicles coming in from Singapore, effective August 1, 2015. Next year, the similar charge wil...
