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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,...
20.11.26
Containers to/from China Stay Flat in Jan.-Oct.
A total of 217.23 million TEUs of containers were processed at Chinese ports in the first 10 months (January-October) of 2020, which remained nearly unchanged from a year earlier, only decreasing a...
20.11.26
Japan to China Container Trade Surges 14.1% in Sept.
Container exports from Japan to China surged 14.1% to 850,388 tons in September, accomplishing a year-on-year improvement for three months in a row, according to statistics released by the Japan Ma...
20.11.25
Japan-to-US Containers Plummet 23% in October
Container exports from Japan to the U.S. amounted to 44,237 TEUs in October, down 23.1% from a year earlier, according to American research company Descartes Datamyne. From a month earlier, however...
20.11.25
UK Forwarders Urge Governments to Look into Surcharges
British International Freight Association Director General, Robert Keen says that freight forwarders and the shippers they work for are reeling from unjust demurrage fees linked to congestion in po...
20.11.24
FMC to Look into Carrier Practices in US Major Ports
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has approved a Supplemental Order that expands the authority of a fact finding investigation into ''International Ocean Transportation Supply Chain Engage...
