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19.02.25
UK Customs Outlines Phased Approach for Entry Summary
The UK government has announced plans to phase in for EU imports the pre-arrival forms known as entry summary declarations, if the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal deal, in a bid to ease tradi...
19.02.25
Box Volumes at Commercial Ports in China Grow 7.8% in January
Ports in China handled a total of 22.16 million TEUs of containers in January, up 7.8% year on year, according to statistics compiled by the nation’s Ministry of Transport (MOT). In breakdown, coas...
19.02.20
WTO Members Intensify Work for Full Implementation of TFA
WTO members took stock of progress in implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the 12-13 February meeting of the Committee on Trade Facilitation a week before the second anniversary o...
19.02.20
Box Volumes at Port of Hong Kong Plunges12% in Jan
The number of containers handled at the Kwai Tsing terminals fell 12.9% to 1.626 million TEUs in January, compared to 1,846 million TEUs in the same month of 2018. Boxes handled handled at the Kwai...
19.02.18
Spot Rates from China Fall in All Trades After Holidays
Container freight rates for exporting containers from China softened on all trade routes last week following the Chinese New Year holidays. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) declined ...
19.02.15
US-to-Asia Containers Drop 3.8% in December
Inbound containers from the U.S. to 10 countries and regions in Asia plunged 25.6% year on year to 408,306 TEUs in December 2018, according to Descartes DataMyne. On an annual scale, a total of 5,9...
19.02.14
Asia to US Box Trade Set New Volume Record in Jan
Descartes DataMyne has unveiled that 1,461,171 TEUs of containers were exported to the U.S. from 10 major countries and regions in Asia in January, up 6.1%, posting a year-on-year increase for the ...
19.02.13
Vancouver Port Sees 4% Box Traffic Growth in 2018
Container throughput at the port of Vancouver totaled 3,396,449 TEUs in 2018, up 4% compared to 3,252,220 TEUs in 2017. Total inbound containers rose 4% to 3,252,220 TEUs white total outbound boxes...
19.02.13
US Retail Imports Set Record Again in 2018
Imports at the U.S.'s major retail container ports remain at higher-than-usual levels as a possible increase in tariffs on goods from China approaches in March, according to the monthly Global Port...
19.02.12
World Container Volumes Grow 15 Months Running
The overall volume of containerized shipments traded worldwide grew 2.5% from a year earlier to 14,472,850 TEUs in December 2018, posting a year-on-year improvement for the 15th month in a row, acc...
