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17.10.31

IADA Lines Seek Xiamen, South China to Japan Rate Hikes

The Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) has recommended its members a rate restoration of $30 per TEU for cargo from Xiamen and South China ports to Japan, effective December 1, 2017. IADA membe...

17.10.31

Vietnam’s Ports Handle 11.09 Million TEUs in 2016

Vietnam’s trade ports handled 11,086,142 TEUs of containers in total in 2016, which remained nearly unchanged from the previous year, according to statistics compiled by the Vietnam Seaports Associ...

17.10.30

Cameroon Becomes 4th Nation to Ratify ''Rotterdam Rules''

The Government of Cameroon recently has deposited instruments of ratification to United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (2008), known...

17.10.27

US House Passes C-TPAT Authorization Act

The U.S. House of Representatives passed Tuesday the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Authorization Act of 2017. The bill will now be sent to the Senate for consideration. H.R. ...

17.10.25

Intra-Asia Container Volumes Swell 7.2% in Sept.

Leading shipping companies moved a total of 1.126 million TEUs of containers in September among 13 countries and regions in Asia, which swelled 7.2% from a year earlier and registered a year-on-yea...

17.10.23

Japan's H1 Trade Surplus with U.S. Expands to \3.4 Trillion

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Oct. 19 unveiled preliminary foreign-trade statistics for the first half of fiscal 2017 (April-September). As for the trade balance, it said that Japan enjoyed a su...

17.10.20

Box Throughput Grows Steadily in Sept. in Singapore, H.K.

Container volumes grew steadily in September in Singapore and Hong Kong, both of which are major hub ports in Asia. The Port of Singapore handled a record-high 52.6 million tons of cargo last month...

17.10.19

Box Traffic from Asia to Europe Rises 5.3% in Aug.

Containerized exports from Asia to Europe increased 5.3% from a year earlier to 1,431,976 TEUs in August, achieving a year-on-year improvement for the sixth straight month, according to a report re...

17.10.19

Japan-China Box Trade Makes Positive Grown in Aug.

Japan exported 961,007 tons of containers to China in August, which increased 9.7% from a year earlier and enjoyed a year-on-year improvement for the third consecutive month, according to a report ...

17.10.18

China’s Container Traffic Grows 11% to 20.64 Mln TEUs in Sept.

Ports in China processed a total of 20.643 million TEUs of containers in September, which surged 11.1% year on year, according to the nation’s Ministry of Transport (MOT). Coastal and inland river ...

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