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20.02.19
Box Throughput at Osaka Swells 2% to 2.13 Mln TEUs in 2019
The Port of Osaka handled 2,129,417 TEUs of oceangoing containers in 2019, up 2% from the previous year, based on preliminary figures. The total consisted of 967,940 TEUs of exports, up 2%, and 1,...
20.02.18
ONE Levies $1,000 per Reefer Container Surcharge for Shanghai, Xingang
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has implemented a $1,000 per container congestion surcharge for reefer cargoes arriving in Shanghai and Xingang (Tianjin) due to the slow inbound container pick-up acti...
20.02.17
Novel Coronavirus Brings about Spike in Ex-China Spot Rates
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) declined 7.2% from two weeks earlier to 910.58 points at the end of the week of Feb. 3, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE) announced recently. Tra...
20.02.17
Japanese Companies in Thailand Concerned about Business Doldrums Posed by Coronavirus
The Japanese Chamber of Commerce (JCC) in Bangkok and the Bangkok office of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) on Feb. 14 unveiled the results of a survey that they had conducted among ...
20.02.14
Box Throughput at Spanish Ports Swells 2.2% in 2019
In the last quarter (Oct – Dec) of 2019, cargo traffic at Spanish ports fell 5.1% to 136.4 million tons compared to 143.7 million tons in the same period in 2018. The reduction is was driven by bo...
20.02.13
Containers from Asia to US Decrease 0.8% in Jan
Exports of containerized shipments to the U.S. from 10 major countries and regions in Asia decreased 0.8% year on year to 1,447,128 TEUs in January, according to Automated Commercial Environment a...
20.02.12
Container Traffic in Japan Goes Sideways in First Half 2019
Japan’s 64 ports handling oceangoing containers processed a total of 9,281,045 TEUs of exports and imports (loaded and empty) in the first half (January-June) of 2019, which remained nearly unchan...
20.02.10
India Gives Nod to Proposed Deep Sea Port Plan
India's Cabinet has approved a proposal to build a deep-water port at Vadhavan in Maharashtra which will be able to accommodate 25,000-TEU vessels. The new Vadhavan port, which will be 13th major ...
20.02.07
DI for Transportation, Warehousing down 3.1 Points in Jan.
Japan's domestic economy worsened for the fourth consecutive month in January resulting from sluggishness in production that were deteriorated by this season’s record-warm winter, according to the...
20.02.06
Box Traffic to/from S. Korea Grows at Its Slowest Pace in Last 10 Years
The combined volume of shipments processed at trade ports in South Korea increased 0.8% from the previous year to 1.638 billion tons in 2019, posting the smallest year-on-year growth in 10 years, a...
