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18.07.18
Shanghai Container Volumes Top 20 Million TEUs in Q1
China's Ministry of Transport (MOT) unveiled on July 17 that containers moved to and from the nation in the first half (January-June) increased 5.4% year on year to set a new record of 121.044 mill...
18.07.17
Chinese Box Ports to Account for Half of Top 20 in 2018
The Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) recently unveiled its projection for the 20 busiest container ports in the world in 2018. It is anticipated that Chinese ports will account for a half of the to...
18.07.17
S. Korea's Shipping Business Index Goes up
The Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) recently unveiled the Business Survey Index (BSI) for the shipping business in general, which had been calculated from surveying 96 compatriot shipping companies,...
18.07.12
India’s State-run Ports Handle 6.4% More Boxes in April-June
India’s 11 state-run ports handled a total of 2.404 million TEUs of containers in April-June, growing 6.4% year on year, according to the Indian Ports Association (IPA). By port, Jawaharlal Nehru P...
18.07.11
US Retail Imports Predicted to Top 10 Mln TEU Mark
Driven by increasing consumer demand and rising retail sales, imports at the U.S.'s major retail container ports are expected to set a new record this month even though new tariffs on goods from Ch...
18.07.10
Spot Rates from Shanghai Remains Nearly unchanged in Week 27
In Week 27, freight rates for exporting containerized shipments from China went up and down mildly on many trade routes, although transport demand was stable. The Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE) u...
18.07.06
Electronic Filing of New In-bond Transactions Mandatory Aug 6 in US
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) no longer accepts paper forms (CBP Form 7512) for in-bond reporting into the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) system effective July 2, 2018. Electroni...
18.07.05
India Set to Annul Right of First Refusal Benefit
India's Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) is mulling over removing a notorious Right of First Refusal (RoFR) perquisite granted by the government to local shipping lines to carry export-import ...
18.07.04
Ex-Shanghai Spot Rates Turn Upward Last Week
Spot rates for exporting containerized shipments from China turned upward in Week 26 thanks to a recovery in transport demand. The Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE) unveiled on June 29 the Shanghai ...
18.07.02
Containers to/from S. Korea Climb 6% in May
Trade ports in South Korea handled a total of 142.38 million tons of shipments in May, which increased 8.6% year on year from 131.07 million tons, according to preliminary figures unveiled on June ...
