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13.04.18
Dockworkers Strike in Hong Kong Enters into 3rd Week
Dockworkers strike at Hongkong International Terminals entered into its third week on Wednesday and workers are escalating their demonstrations if their wage hike demands are not met. On Wednesday,...
13.04.16
Box Throughput at Indian Ports Remains Almost Flat in FY2012/13
Container traffic at India's 12 major ports totaled 7.708 million TEUs in fiscal year 2012/2013 (April 2012-March 31, 2013), representing a slight decline of 0.91% compared to 7.779 million TEUs in...
13.04.15
Global Container Traffic Slips 5.2% in February
Global containerized exports in February fell by 13.98% compared to January, down to 9.05 million TEUs, representing a 12-month low and, furthermore, a contraction of 5.19% compared to February 201...
13.04.15
Pending ILA/USMX Contract Receives Overwhelming Approval
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) has said that the six-year Master Contract, negotiated by the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and ILA was approved by ILA members at ports ...
13.04.12
Intra-Asia Container Traffic Dips 5.5% in February
Container movement on the intra-Asia trade was sluggish in February 2013, decreasing 5.5% year on year to 999,000 TEUs. Exports from Japan to 11 other Asian economies declined 1.47% to 155,000 TEUs...
13.04.12
Shanghai Container Traffic Up 5.3% in March Year on Year
The port of Shanghai handled 2.88 million TEUs in March, an improvement of 5.3% compared to 2.73 million TEUs in the same month of 2012. When compared to the previous month which was slower in carg...
13.04.11
Japan Signs 7.659 Billion Loan Pact with Tanzania
Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has signed a concession loan agreement amounting to 7.659 billion yen (US$758 billion) with Tanzania which will allow the nation to implement Road Sector ...
13.04.11
Asia to Caribbean Trade Lines Unveil Rate Hike
Member Lines of the Asia to Caribbean Trade Agreement (ACTA) have announced their rate restoration program, effective May 1, 2013 at a level of USD700/20' and USD1000/40'. Its member lines are CMA ...
13.04.10
JIFFA Honors Top Performers of Logistics Specialist Course Exam
Japan International Freight Forwarders Association Inc. (JIFFA)’s Education Committee held a ceremony at its head office in Tokyo on Tuesday for honoring students who did very well at its fiscal 20...
13.04.08
Dockworkers' Strike in Hong Kong Enters Its 12th Day
Dockworkers' strike at Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) is dragging on into its 12th day on Monday, paralyzing container traffic at the terminals in Hong Kong. No talks are planned between th...
