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15.02.05
PMA Renews Contract Offer to Avert West Coast Work Stoppage
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMC) on Wednesday offered to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) a renewed proposal which includes a 14% wage hike in five years, 100% coverage ...
15.02.05
Box Traffic at Taiwan Ports Achieves Record High in 2014
International trade ports in Taiwan handled a total of 15.05 million TEUs of containers in 2014, which grew 7.1% year on year to reach an all-time high, according to the economy’s Ministry of Trans...
15.02.05
e-AWB Penetration Reaches 24.9% at 2014 Year-end
2014 has turned out to be a pretty good year for the air cargo industry and e-AWB (air waybill) as well since the International Transport Association (IATA)'s 2014 year-end e-AWB penetration target...
15.02.04
Japan/Philippines Lines Set to Raise Manila Congestion Surcharge
Japan/Philippines Freight Conference (JPFC) decided to adjust the current Manila Port congestion surcharge of US$0.90 per revenue ton upward to US$1.30 per revenue ton, effective March 1, 2015 unti...
15.02.03
Box Throughput in Korea Grows 5.4% to 24.7 Mln TEUs in 2014
South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries unveiled last week the nation’s container ports handled a total of 24.733 million TEUs in 2014. The total rose 5.4% year on year from 23.469 million T...
15.02.02
Myanmar Tops a List Ranking Japan's Used Cars Export
Japan exported a total of 1,283,581 secondhand motor vehicles last year, according to country-by-country statistics compiled by the International Auto Trade Association (iATA). The total grew 10.4%...
15.02.02
Kobe Begins Trial Transport of Strawberries by Sea to HK
The city of Kobe's Industry and Agriculture Promotion Bureau is now working on a trial basis to transport local strawberries by sea to promote them in Hong Kong. The trial transport project is bein...
