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18.07.31
Japan-China Containers Increase in Both Ways in May
Containerized shipments moved from Japan to China in May weighed 998,338 tons, growing 5.8% from a year earlier and enjoying the first year-on-year increase in nine months, according to figures cal...
18.07.30
Japanese Ports Handle Record 21.72 Mln TEUs in 2017
Total volume of containerized shipments (international, domestic and international feeder containers) transported to and from the Japanese ports that handled international oceangoing containers in ...
18.07.30
Asia to US Box Volumes Set All-time High in H1
Outbound containers to North America from 18 countries and regions in Asia increased 4% to 1,434,552 TEUs in June, accomplishing the first year-on-year growth in three months and setting a new reco...
18.07.26
Japan, Thailand Sign Enhanced Bilateral Swap Deal
The Bank of Japan, acting as agent for the Minister of Finance of Japan, and the Bank of Thailand signed the Amendment and Restatement Agreement of the fourth Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) which...
18.07.25
Heavy Rain Causes Barge Congestion in Chang Jiang
Heavy rain in areas along the upper stream of the Chang Jiang has raised the water level at the Three Gorges Dam, according to Chinese shipping line sources. To ensure safety, ship navigations on t...
18.07.24
Expanded Flexibility for NVOs in US Effective Aug 22
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has offered regulatory flexibilities for non-vessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC) Negotiated Rate Arrangements (NRAs) and NVOCC Service Arrangements (N...
18.07.24
India Customs to Start Mandatory Cargo Manifest Filing on Aug 1
India's Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIT) has announced in its Notification No. 38 / 2018-Customs (N.T.) that it made the regulations called the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment...
18.07.23
S. Korea-China Containers Grows Minutely in H1
The combined volume of local and feeder containers traded between South Korea and China remained nearly unchanged from a year earlier in the first half (January-June), growing a minute 0.96% to 1,4...
18.07.20
Pirate Incidents in Asia Hit Lowest in 10 Years in H1 2018
According to a half-year report released by the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre (ISC), 40 incidents ha...
18.07.19
H1 Box Traffic at Kaohsiung Port Remains Unchanged
The Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan handled 2,622,238 TEUs in the second quarter of the year, up 2.3% from a year earlier. For the first six months of 2018, container throughput at Taiwan’s gate port r...
