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13.03.14
ILA's Wage Scale Panel Gives Not to Master Contract
Wage scale meetings of the International Longshoremen's Association's (ILA's) Wage Scale Committee, have in principle approved the proposed agenda of a master contract agreed between ILA and the U...
13.03.13
Box Throughput at Shanghai Declines 8% in February
Shanghai Port saw its container volume waned by 8.1% to 2.01 million TEUs in February compared to 2.19 million TEUs in the same month last year, according to the figures from Shanghai Internationa...
13.03.12
Canada, EU Agree on Mutual Recognition of PIP, AEO
The European Union (EU) and Canada have agreed to cooperate more closely to ensure the security of their supply chains. The agreement builds on the existing customs cooperation agreement with Can...
13.03.12
EU Delays Known Consignor Rule to April 29
The European Union (EU) has postponed the implementation of the Known Consignor rule set forth in Commission Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 from March 25 to April 29, 2013. Regulation (EU) No 185/20...
13.03.11
Asia to Europe Box Traffic Swings to Positive Growth in Jan
The latest data from U.K.-based Container Trades Statistics (CTS) show that westbound container traffic from Asia to Europe increased 2.5% from the same period in 2012 to 1.3 million TEU, achievin...
13.03.11
Transhipment Containers via South Korean Ports Surge 20% in Feb
South Korean ports are estimated to have handled a total of 1.702 million TEUs of containerized shipments in February 2013, increasing 3.3% year on year from 1.648 million TEUs, according to an an...
13.03.08
Japanese Ports Handle 8.653 Million TEUs in 1H 2012
Sixty-four container ports in Japan handled a total of 8.653 million TEUs of containerized export and import shipments (loaded and empty) in the first six months of 2012, increasing 1% year on yea...
13.03.07
Japan Inks Yen Loan Agreement with Mozambique for Nacala Port Project
The Japanese government has agreed with Mozambique, under which Japan will provide a loan of as much as 7,889 million yen for the first phase of the development of the Mozambican port of Nacala. T...
13.03.05
Japan's Containerized Exports of Used Cars Rise 16.6% in 2012
In 2012, Japan exported 387,865 secondhand motor vehicles in containers, up 16.6% compared to 335,550 units for 2011, according to a report compiled by a Tokyo-based auto-related organization. Th...
13.03.04
Thai Ports Handle More Containers in 2012
The Port of Laem Chabang in Thailand handled a total of 5,926,436 TEUs of containerized shipments in 2012, an increase of 3.4% year on year from 5,731,062 TEUs, according to the Port Authority of ...
