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20.03.27
Japan-to-China Box Traffic Sets Record-low in Jannuary
Exports of containerized shipments from Japan to China fell 5.5% from a year earlier to 530,644 tons in January, suffering a year-on-year decrease for 11 months in a row and setting a lowest monthl...
20.03.26
EU Prolongs Validity of Consortia Block Exemption
The European Commission has prolonged for another four years the regulation outlining the conditions under which liner shipping consortia can provide joint services without infringing EU antitrust ...
20.03.26
JICA Signs ODA Loan Agreements with Cambodia
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed loan agreements with the Cambodian government in Phnom Penh to provide Japanese ODA loans of up to a total of 29.417 billion yen for the...
20.03.25
Containers to/from Nagoya down 1.1% to 194 Mln Tons in 2019
The Port of Nagoya handled 194.44 million tons of shipments in 2019, down 1.1% from the previous year, according to preliminary port statistics unveiled by the Nagoya Port Authority (NPA). As for i...
20.03.24
China's Box Throughput Incurs Double-digit Shrinkage in Feb
Combined volume of containerized shipments handled at ports in China plunged 17.9% from a year earlier to 13.7 million TEUs in February under the influence of the ongoing COVIC-19 outbreak, accordi...
20.03.23
Japan-to-US Containers Decrease 6% in February
Japan exported 49,518 TEUs of containers to the U.S. in February, down 6% year on year, according to statistics compiled by U.S. data provider Descartes Datamyne. Direct shipments from Japan decrea...
20.03.23
Container Spot Rates from China Shrink Slightly in Week 11
In the week of March 9, outbound container movement from China improved gradually thanks to the reopening of operations at manufacturing factories. However, some shipping companies lowered freight ...
20.03.18
Box Traffic at Yokohama Falls 1.9% to 2.99 Mln TEUs in 2019
Exports of international shipments from the Port of Yokohama decreased 9.7% from a year earlier to 29.66 million tons in 2019. In contrast, imports were robust, surging 10.2% to 50.3 million tons. ...
20.03.17
Philippine Truck Operators Required to Obtain Cargo Truck Permit
For the management of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) issued Memorandum Circular No. 09-2020 on March 15 under which all cargo trucks and van...
20.03.16
Ex-China Box Rates Fluctuate from One Trade to Another
In the week of March 2, freight rates for exporting containers from China differed from one trade to another. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) for the week in question, however, impr...