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13.10.07
Judicial Affairs Committee Briefs on JIFFA’s New Renewed Shipping Documents
Japan International Freight Forwarders Association Inc. (JIFFA) held a briefing session in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013 on new transport documents that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2014. The association’s ...
13.10.04
US Cargo Flow Remains Uninterrupted Despite Government Shutdown
On the second day of the government shutdown in the U.S., cargo flow remains uninterrupted and, while little impact has been seen at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) frontline, most of ...
13.10.03
China Gives Nod to Its Carrier's Use of Foreign Flag Ships
China's Ministry of Transport has allowed Chinese shipping lines to use foreign flag vessels for transhipment of export/import containers in coastal trade between Shanghai and other open ports in C...
13.10.01
Guinea-Bissau Becomes 25th State to Sign Rotterdam Rules
Guinea-Bissau signed the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, known as the Rotterdam Rules, at UN headquarters in New York on Sept...
