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21.02.05
Iata: 2020 Worst Year for Air Cargo Demand Since 1990
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets showing that demand for air cargo decreased by 10.6% in 2020, compared to 2019. This was the larg...
21.02.03
JIFFA Hosts Webinar on Basic Knowledge of Dangerous Goods Transport
JIFFA’s Public Relations Committee held on Tuesday a live streaming workshop to discuss the fundamental knowledge on the transport of hazardous materials by sea. Brought to the webinar as a lecture...
21.02.02
Shanghai-Europe Box Rates Dwindle 2.7% Last Week
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) for Week 4 ended on January 29 declined a minute 0.3% from the previous week to 2,861.69 points. Container shipping spot rates to Europe fell 2.7% to...
21.02.01
S. Korea-Japan Box Traffic Contracts 1.5% in November
South Korea traded 149,200 TEUs of containers with Japan in November 2020, which declined 1.5% year on year from 151,500 TEUs, according to the Korea Nearsea Freight Conference (KNFC). Direct shipm...
21.01.29
Japan-to-China Box Trade Swells 6.8% in November
Container exports from Japan to China swelled 6.8% to 908,398 tons in November 2020, enjoying a year-on-year improvement for five months in a row, according to trade statistics provided by the Mini...
21.01.28
S. Korea's Intra-Asia Box Trade Shrinks 1.3% in 2020
Containerized shipments traded in December 2020 between South Korea and eight other Asian economies decreased 2% from a year earlier to 346,100 TEUs. South Korea exported 183,100 TEUs, which improv...
21.01.28
Korean Government Set to Investigate into Container Shipping Market
South Korea's Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries plans to strengthen investigations and supervision of the container shipping market in order to establish good order in the market by preven...
21.01.27
European Commission Not to Initiate Probe on Soaring Rates
Shippers and freight forwarders in Europe have met European Commission's DG Competition as a follow up to the letters that the European Shippers Council (ESC) and the European Liaison Committee of ...
21.01.26
Ex-Shanghai Box Spot Rates Edge down Last Week
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) for Week 3 fell 0.6% from the previous week to 2,688,95 points. Spot rates to Europe declined a minute 0.4% to $4,394 per TEU, although they remained...
21.01.26
Box throughput at Japan's Big 6 Ports down 7.2% in Nov.
Combined volume of containerized shipments handled in November 2020 at the six major ports in Japan (Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe) shrank 7.2% year on year to 1,122,717 TEUs, a...
