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17.08.16
Chile Customs Requires Consignee's Tax ID in B/L
Shipping lines have offered a caution to shippers that effective from August 1, 2017 the National Customs Service of Chile requires consignee’s Tax ID (R.U.T.) in addition to its name, address, tel...
17.08.15
Japanese Firms in Thailand Predict Higher Economic Growth
The Japanese Chamber of Commerce (JCC) in Bangkok has recently unveiled the results of a survey that it had conducted on business trends among compatriot enterprises doing business in Thailand. The...
17.08.14
India Set to Implement E-Way Bill System in October
India's Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is implementing electronic way bill system under the GST (goods and services tax) provision which requires registered persons who move goods of co...
17.08.14
Indian Port Workers Eye Strike on August 18
Indian dockworkers are set to walk off their jobs at 11 major ports including Kandla and Nhava Sheva after August 18 in protest against the government's policies to reform the National Port Trusts ...
17.08.10
Qingdao Port Bans Classes 1-7 Dangerous Goods
Effective August 1, the Chinese port of Qingdao has banned import and export of all dangerous goods classes 1 to 7. Cargo already being loaded must be discharged or transhipped by August 31, 2017. ...
17.08.10
Hong Kong Grants Block Exemption to VSAs
Hong Kong's Competition Commission issued Tuesday a block exemption order (BEO) under section 15 of the Competition Ordinance for vessel sharing agreements (VSAs) between liner shipping companies. ...
17.08.08
US West Coast Dockers Ratify Contract Extension
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union's (ILWU) Coast Balloting Committee on Friday confirmed that West Coast longshore workers at 29 ports in California, Oregon and Washington have offici...
17.08.07
US House Introduces Bill to Update C-TPAT
U.S. Representative Martha McSally has introduced a bill to increase security in supply chain and cut down wait times at U.S. ports of entry. The legislation aims to reauthorize and modernize the C...
17.08.04
Intra-Asia Container Volumes Grow 2.1% in H1
Major shipping lines moved 1.125 million TEUs of containers in total among 13 countries and regions in Asia in June, which increased 2.1% from a year earlier and registered the first year-on-year g...
17.08.03
Tianjin Port Resumes Dangerous Cargo Operation
The northern Chinese port of Tianjin has resumed to handle part of dangerous goods two years after massive explosions in a warehouse storing dangerous and chemical goods in the port area in August ...
