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18.10.12
US Retail Imports Remain Strong After Tariff Levy
Imports at the U.S.'s major retail container ports are expected to remain at near-record levels in October despite a new round of tariffs that took effect in September, according to the monthly Glo...
18.10.11
India Set to Scrap Direct Port Delivery Scheme
India's Ministry of Shipping is allegedly mulling over the annulment of the direct port delivery (DPD) scheme which started last year with the Nhava Sheva port. The scheme allows consignees to rece...
18.10.10
Asia-to-US Box Trade Swells 6.5% in Sept.
U.S. research company Descartes DataMyne recently announced that a total of 1,450,192 TEUs of containers were exported to the U.S. from 10 countries and regions in Asia in September, which grew a s...
18.10.09
JICA Signs 6 Bln Yen Grant for Mandalay Port Development
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a grant agreement with the government of Myanmar in Yangon last seek, to provide grant aid of up to 6.033 billion yen for the project for th...
18.10.05
UNCTAD Releases Review of Maritime Transport 2018
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has issued the 2018 edition of the UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport and warned that the prospects for seaborne commerce are threat...
18.10.04
Delays at Felixstowe Exert Knock-on Effect at UK Ports
The port of Felixstowe, the UK's largest container port, has been facing a turmoil after a new terminal operating system was installed in June and delays are continuing. Computer glitches resulting...
18.10.03
Port of Tokyo Processes Record 2.23 Mln TEUs in H1
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG)’s Bureau of Port and Harbor recently announced that 6.54 million tons of containerized shipments were exported from the Port of Tokyo in the first half (Janu...
18.10.02
India Set to Make e-Shipping Documents Mandatory
The Shipping Ministry India has taken an initiative to exchange trade related documents electronically through Port Community System (PCS), a centralized web-based message exchange platform for the...
18.10.01
EC Invites Comments on Future Regime for Shipping Consortia
The European Commission is inviting comments on the legal framework exempting liner shipping consortia from EU antitrust rules that prohibit anticompetitive agreements between companies, known as t...
