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19.04.12
S. Korea-China Ferry Containers Rise 3% in Q1
South Korea-China ferry services carried 136,401 TEUs of containers in the first quarter (January-March) of 2019, which only improved a modest 3% due to decreases registered in January and February...
19.04.10
FMC to Monitor Carriers' Bunker Surcharges
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) will keep paying attention on how ocean carriers pass on additional fuels costs arising from International Maritime Organization's (IMO) low-sulphur requi...
19.04.10
US Retail Imports Rising Again As Summer Approaches
With tariff increases delayed for the foreseeable future and the busy summer season approaching, imports at the U.S.'s major retail container ports are beginning to climb again, according to the mo...
19.04.08
Cross-Strait Box Traffic Wanes 8.8% in February
Containerized shipments traded between Taiwan and China amounted to 146,801 TEUs in February, decreasing 8.75% year on year from 160,877 TEUs, according to statistics compiled by the former’s Minis...
19.04.05
India’s Box Volumes Come Close to 10 Mln TEUs in FY2018
Containerized shipments handled at India’s 12 state-run ports in fiscal 2018 (April 2018-March 2019) amounted to 9.876 million TEUs, swelling 8.08% from 9,138 million TEUs registered in the previou...
19.04.05
European Shippers Call for Repeal of Consortia BER
The European Shippers' Council has released a position paper outlining shippers' main arguments on EU's consortia block exemption regulation (BER), stating that the BER that is currently under the ...
19.04.03
Box Throughput at Port of Tokyo Sets Record in 2018
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Bureau of Port and Harbor has announced the Port of Tokyo handled 49,828,000 tons of international shipments in 2018, down 0.6% year on year. Exports waned 1.6% ...
19.04.02
Shanghai Spot Rates Mixed Depending on Market
The Shanghai Shipping Exchange's Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) climbed 9.0% to a reading of 793.49 last Friday, as the supply-demand picture generally remained stable and shipping lin...
19.04.01
NRIC Lowers Forecast for FY2019 Ocean Exports
Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting, Inc. (NRIC) recently unveiled a revision of its projection for international cargo to be imported to and exported from Japan in fiscal 2019 (April 2019-Mar...
