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21.12.22
Japan’s Box Exports to China Contract 16.6% in October
Container exports from Japan to China weighed 841,320 tons in October, according to a report unveiled by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC). Due to the import restrictions on paper and other waste mat...
21.12.21
Box Trade from Japan to US Wanes 5.3% in November
Containerized exports from Japan to the U.S. decreased 5.3% to 47,275 TEUs in November, marking a year-on-year contraction for the second month in a row, according to Descartes Datamyne. The Americ...
21.12.20
Port of Tokyo’s Box Throughput Dips Slightly in September
Loaded foreign-trade containers to and from the Port of Tokyo in September remained nearly unchanged at 260,289 TEUs, down 0.3% from the corresponding month of 2020, according to preliminary statis...
21.12.16
Ex-Shanghai Spot Rates on the Rise in Major Trade Routes
Spot rates for container exports from the Chinese port of Shanghai continued to increase mildly on major trade routes in Week 49, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE) has announced. Containers dest...
21.12.14
Asia-US Box Trade Sets New November Record
Combined container exports to the U.S. from 10 major countries and regions in Asia increased 4.8% to 1,696,284 TEUs in November, marking a year-on-year improvement for the 17th month in a row and s...
21.12.14
Container Throughput in Japan Grows 2.4% in H1 2021
Japan’s 64 oceangoing container trade ports handled a total of 8,860,891 TEUs of loaded and unloaded containers in the first half (January-June) of 2021, rising 2.4% from the same six months of las...
21.12.13
WTO Report Calls for Removal of COVID-19 Related Trade Restrictions
World Trade Organization (WTO) members showed restraint in the imposition of new trade-restrictive measures related to COVID-19 and continued to roll back restrictions adopted earlier in the pandem...
21.12.13
US Retail Imports to Show Record Growth Despite Pandemic
Retail imports at the U.S.'s major container ports are expected to end 2021 with both the largest volume and fastest growth on record despite supply chain disruptions brought on by the COVID-19 pan...
21.12.10
US House of Representatives Passes OSRA 2021
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021 (H.R.4996). This bill is the first major overhaul of federal regulations for the global shipping industry in over ...
21.12.08
Beijing Creates $4.71 Billion China Logistics Group
Beijing celebrated on Monday the establishment of China Logistics Group with registered capital of RMB30 billion ($4.71 billion). The new state-owned company was born from the merger of China Railw...
