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15.07.30
South Africa Launches Cargo Scanner at Cape Town
As part of efforts by the South African Revenue Services (SARS) to combat illicit trade activities, a new high-technology cargo container scanner has been officially launched at Cape Town Harbor. T...
15.07.30
Australia Pilots Trusted Trader Scheme
Australian Trusted Trader (ATT) is being implemented in a phased approach starting with limited participation to test and refine processes before it is opened more broadly. The first phase will be ...
15.07.29
Box Throughput at Kobe up 4.1% to 1.123 Mln TEUs in H1
The accumulated volume of containerized shipments moved to and from the Port of Kobe in the first five months (January-May) this year increased 4.1% year on year to 1.123 million TEUs, remaining on...
15.07.28
Korea-Japan Box Traffic Slightly up by 0.9% in 2014
The combined volume of containerized shipments that South Korea exported to and imported from Japan in 2014 (including empty containers) was 1,796,316 TEUs, growing a slight 0.9% year on year, acco...
15.07.27
US Retail Group Revises down Annual Economic Forecast
The National Retail Federation of the U.S. has recently lowered its retail sales forecast for 2015 because of unexpected slow growth recorded during the first half of the year, similar to the indus...
15.07.23
Philippine President Signs Two Landmark Bills
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III signed into two important laws last week, the Philippine Competition Act and the amendments to the Cabotage Law, in a bid to promote trade and fair competiti...
15.07.22
Guatemala Delays Requirement on Additional Manifest Data
Guatemalan Revenue Administration (SAT) has postponed its previously published regulatory amendments pertaining to cargo manifest compliance, which will require the submission of additional data el...
15.07.21
Box Traffic at HK, Singapore down But Shanghai Slightly up
Container throughput at the port of Hong Kong totaled 1.7 million TEUs in June, down 12.9% from 1.97 million TEUs in the same month last year, representing a decline for 12 consecutive months, acco...
15.07.21
Box Volume from Japan to China Dips 2.6% in June
Outbound containers from Japan to China waned 2.6% from a year earlier to 956,907 tons in May, suffering the first year-on-year decrease in two months, according to a report released on July 15 by ...
15.07.17
Asia to Europe Box Volume Tops 1.3 Mln Mark in May
Container exports from Asia to Europe amounted to 1,329,594 TEUs in May, exceeding the 1.3-million-TEU line for the first time since the beginning of the year, according to a report complied by the...
