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18.04.13
Container shipping outlook 2018: AlixPartners
Consulting firm, AlixPartners said the 2018 outlook for global container carriers is decidedly mixed. Although the industry enjoyed modest improvement in 2017, it still needs to address the dual ch...
18.04.12
Alphaliner:Idle fleet downs to 427,865TEUs
Alphaliner reported that the idle containership fleet of over 500TEUs has fallen to 96 ships for 427,865TEUs as of 2 April, with demand for tonnage surging ahead of the busy summer season. The idle...
18.04.11
HMM to place orders for 20 Mega ships
Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., South Korea's biggest shipping line, said it will place an order for 12 over 20,000TEU and eight 14,000TEU ships with domestic shipbuilders in the second quarter as par...
18.04.10
FIATA, essDOCS launch project to digitise FIATA & NVOCC B/L
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with essDOCS to provide a framework for further cooperation in digitising Bill...
18.04.09
Skyrocketing High on Transpacific–Drewry Report
The World Container Index assessed by Drewry, a composite of container freight rate on 8 major routes to/from the US, Europe and Asia, is up by 4.0% to $1,218.54/FEU. Two-year spot freight rate tre...
18.04.04
JNPT Sets Box Traffic Record in FY2017/18
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) set container throughput record of 482 million TEUs in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, representing a 7% increase over the previous year's 4.50 million TEUs...
18.04.03
S. Korea's Box traffic up 9.4% to 2.173 Mln TEUs in Feb.
South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) recently unveiled that combined throughput (preliminary figures) at trade ports in the nation declined 1.5% year on year from 119.92 million ton...
18.04.03
Port of Tokyo's Box Trade Rises 6% to 4.5 Mln TEUs in 2017
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG)’s Bureau of Port and Harbor recently unveiled cargo throughput (preliminary figures) at the Port of Tokyo in 2017. As for international cargo, exports expand...
18.04.02
NRIC Revises Japan's FY18 Cargo Transport Outlook
Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting, Inc. (NRIC) recently unveiled a revision of the economic and cargo transport outlooks for fiscal 2018 (April 2018-March 2019) that it had presented earlier...
