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16.07.29
Sea Piracy, Armed Robbery Drop to 21-Year Low
Piracy and armed robbery at sea has fallen to its lowest levels since 1995, despite a surge in kidnappings off West Africa, according to a new report from the International Chamber of Commerce's In...
16.07.28
China Ratifies United Nations TIR Convention
China has taken a key step towards the development of international economic corridors with its regional trading partners and the rest of the world with the ratification of the United Nations TIR C...
16.07.27
Canada Unveils eManifest Implementation Timeline for Forwarders
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has recently unveiled the implementation timeline which applies to eManifest requirements for freight forwarders to electronically transmit advance house bill d...
16.07.25
South Korea-China Box Volumes Grow Minutely in H1
Container movement between South Korea and China increased a minute 1.77% from a year earlier to 1,341,089 TEUs in the first half (January-June) of 2016, according to a report compiled by the Yello...
16.07.21
Box Volumes Handled in Japanese Ports Dip 3% in 2015
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan unveiled on July 15 that international container ports in the nation processed a total of 21.16 million TEUs of container...
16.07.20
TSA Revenue Index Falls to Lowest in 6 Years
The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) recently unveiled the TSA Revenue Index, which sets 2008 as its baseline with a value of 100 points, for the month of May. The index for services dest...
16.07.20
Singapore’s Box Throughput Drops Slightly in June
The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore recently announced that container throughput at the Port of Singapore was sluggish in June. On a tonnage scale, it decreased 1.5% from a year earl...
16.07.15
Intra-Asia container throughput down 7% in May
Major shipping lines moved 1.149 million TEUs of containers in total in May among 13 countries and regions in Asia, which decreased 7% from a year earlier and registered the first year-on-year cont...
16.07.14
China’s Box Volumes Rise 2.5% in1st Half 2016
China’s Ministry of Transport recently announced that ports in the nation processed a total of 18.467 million TEUs of containers in June, which increased 3.6% from the corresponding month of 2015. ...
16.07.14
Brazil Set to Accept ATA Carnets
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has welcomed Brazil as the 76th member of the ATA Carnet system. The ATA Carnet is an international customs document that allows duty- and tax-free tempo...