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19.08.19
Container Throughput in Vietnam Sets New Record in 2018
Vietnamese ports handled a total of 12,930,071 TEUs of containers in 2018, growing 8% year on year from 11,965,614 TEUs and setting a new yearly record, according to statistic compiled by the Vietn...
19.08.15
Singapore's July Box Volumes Swell 3.2% to 3.2 Mln TEUs
Container throughput in the port of Singapore grew 3.2% to 3.235 million TEUs in July on a year-on-year comparison, according to preliminary estimates by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapor...
19.08.15
World's Largest Container Ship Transits Suez Canal
The Suez Canal Authority has announced the successful transit of ''MSC GULSUN'' （22,960TEU）, the world's largest container vessel, on its first trip through the new Suez Canal. The Panamanian shi...
19.08.14
Asia to US Box Traffic Swells 3.2% in July
Containers to the U.S. from 10 major countries and regions in Asia increased 3.2% from a year earlier to 1,529,701 TEUs in July, making the first year-on-year improvement in two months, according t...
19.08.14
UK Issues Tender Worth GBP 3 Million for Transport Capacity Following Brexit
UK's Department for Transport has issued a tender for transport services to procure freight capacity to support the continued flow of Category 1 goods (those goods identified by the government as b...
19.08.13
Box Throughput at Shimizu Port Makes Turnaround in July
The Port of Shimizu handled 49,736 TEUs of containers in July, growing 6.5% from a year earlier and registering the first year-on-year improvement in three months, according to a preliminary announ...
19.08.13
Spot Rates from Shanghai to US Slip Last Week
Demand continued to be seasonally powerful for exporting containerized shipments from China in the week of Aug. 5. Due to declines in freight rates on the route to and from North America, however, ...
19.08.09
Documents for IRAQ Imports Must Be Stamped by Iraq Embassy at Origin
According to carrier sources, the Iraqi government has issued a circular which announced strict enforcement of the regulation in 2013. Effective October 1, 2019 (import clearance time), Certificate...
19.08.08
Containers to/from Spain Grow 4.3% in H1
A total of 284.5 million tons of shipments were handled at the Spanish ports in the first half (January-June) of 2019, up 2% from a year earlier. General cargo accounted for 139.6 million tons, up ...
19.08.05
World Container Index Recovers Last Week
The World Container Index assessed by Drewry, a composite of container freight rates on 8 major routes to/from the U.S., Europe and Asia is up 6.4% to $1,405.46 per 40ft container, updated Thursday...
