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20.12.14
EU Unveils Contingency Measures for ''No-Deal'' Scenario
The European Commission has put forward a set of targeted contingency measures ensuring basic reciprocal air and road connectivity between the EU and the UK, as well as allowing for the possibility...
20.12.11
COVID-19 Pushes down Global Merchandise Trade in 2020
According to UNCTAD's latest nowcasts run on December 10, 2020, the value of global merchandise trade is predicted to fall by 5.6% in 2020 compared with last year. This would be the biggest fall in...
20.12.10
S. Korea-Japan Box Trade Remains Weak In Sept.
A total of 134,300 TEUs of containers were moved between Japan and South Korea in September, which plunged 12% year on year from 152,800 TEUs, the Korea Nearsea Freight Conference (KNFC) unveiled r...
20.12.09
DCSA Publishes Standards for Bill of Lading
Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a neutral, non-profit group established to further digitalization of container shipping technology standards, in conjunction with its nine member carr...
20.12.04
S. Korea-S.E. Asia Box Trade Shrinks 3.5% in Oct.
The total volume of containerized shipments traded between South Korea and eight Southeast Asian economies amounted to 340,200 TEUs in October, which shrank 3.5% year on year from 352,500 TEUs. Exp...
20.12.03
ASEAN Customs Transit System Goes Live
The private sector in ASEAN now has access to a powerful new online system, the ASEAN Customs Transit System (ACTS), which will reduce intra-ASEAN trading challenges and enable companies to benefit...
20.12.03
Oceangoing Containers to/from Osaka Rise 3% in Oct.
The Port of Osaka handled a total of 192,936 TEUs of loaded and empty oceangoing containers in October, which rose 3% from a year earlier and accomplished its first year-on-year improvement in two ...
20.12.02
Freight Rates from China to Southeast Asia Spike in Nov.
Briskness in oceangoing shipping is having a knock-on effect on shortsea shipping. Spot rates for containers from China to Southeast Asia are climbing endlessly. The Southeast Asia Freight Index (S...
20.12.01
Ex-Shanghai Spot Rates Keep Rising
Freight rates for container exports from China remained high last week, increasing on many trade routes at various paces. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) rose 5.7% from the previous...
20.11.27
S. Korea-China Box Trade Picks up 4.5% in Jan.-Oct.
The accumulated volume of containerized shipments traded between South Korea and China in the first 10 months (January-October) of 2020 increased a mild 4.49% from a year earlier to 2,704,699 TEUs,...
