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20.10.13
Ex-Shanghai Spot Rates Fluctuate Slightly Last Week
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Comprehensive Index (SCFI) fell slightly by 0.4% to 1438.22 last week. Spot rates on the Shanghai - North Europe trade declined by 1.6% from the previous week to ...
20.10.12
FMC Seeks Information to See Carrier Billing Practices
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) last week that will examine allegations that Vessel Operating Common Carriers (VOCCs) may be attempting to hold companies...
20.10.09
JIFFA Holds Seminar on Myanmar-Thailand Cross-border Transport
Cross-border (overland) transport can provide customers with some advantages over seaborne transport, according to a top executive from a consulting company. In cross-border transport, for example,...
20.10.08
WHO Forecasts 9.2% Drop in World Trade in 2020
World trade shows signs of bouncing back from a deep, COVID-19 induced slump, but World Trade Organization (WTO) economists caution that any recovery could be disrupted by the ongoing pandemic effe...
20.10.07
Think Tank Projects 11.6 Mln TEUs to/from Japan in FY2020
A total of 11.59 million TEUs of containers will be handled at Japan’s eight major ports in fiscal 2020 (April 2020-March 2021), down 5.3% year on year, Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting, In...
20.10.06
Japan-S. Korea Box Traffic Plunges 10.8% in Jan-July
Trade between Japan and South Korea incurred a double-digit contraction in container throughput in the first seven months (January-July) of 2020, which plunged 10.8% from a year earlier to 1,010,20...
20.10.02
S. Korea-China Box Trade Expands 9.3% in Aug.
Containerized shipments traded between South Korea and China increased 9.3% to 278,300 TEUs in August, according to statistics complied by the Yellow Sea Liner Shipping Council (YSLSC). They swelle...
20.10.02
Box Throughput at Port of Tokyo Wanes 3.3% in H1
Loaded and empty oceangoing containers processed at the Port of Tokyo in the first half (January-June) of 2020 shrank 3.3% from a year earlier to 2.13 million TEUs, according to the Tokyo Metropoli...
20.10.01
Box Throughput at Japan’s Top Six Ports Plunges 12.8% in July
Japan’s six major container ports (Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe) handled a total of 1,102,908 TEUs of oceangoing containers in July, which suffered a double-digit contraction o...
20.09.30
S. Korea’s Box Trade to/from Southeast Asian Economies Dips 2.6% in Aug.
South Korea traded 326,600 TEUs of containers to and from eight other Asian countries and regions in August, which declined 2.6% year on year. Exports from South Korea accounted for 164,000 TEUs, d...
