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19.02.05
Container Spot Rates from Shanghai Slide Last Week
The Shanghai (Export) Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) stood at 968.07 points last week, slightly down by 1.2% compared to the previous week, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. On Febru...
19.02.04
Box Traffic to/from S. Korea Grows 5% in 2018
South Korea's trade ports handled a total of 28.875 million TEUs of containers in 2018, growing 5.1% year on year from 27.468 million TEUs, according to statistics compile by the nation’s Ministry ...
19.02.01
Used Vehicle Exports Grow 2.2% to 1.3 Mln Units in 2018
Exports of secondhand vehicles (a total of passenger cars, cargo carriers, buses and electric vehicles) fell 8.4% year on year to 109,013 units in December 2018, posting the first year-on-year cont...
19.01.31
S. Korea's Shortsea Box Trades See Steady Growth in 2018
Container movement on the trade routes linking South Korea with Japan, China and Russia was all brisk in 2018, making year-on-year improvements. Between South Korea and Japan, 1,985,351 TEUs were m...
19.01.31
Yokohama Handles 3.6% More Boxes in Jan-Oct
The Port of Yokohama processed a total of 35.49 million tons of shipments in the first 10 months (January-October) of 2018, up 4.2% from a year earlier, according to preliminary statistics compiled...
19.01.31
Box Throughput at Taiwanese Ports Grows Modestly in 2018
Taiwan’s international container ports handled a total of 15,321,722 TEUs of containers in 2018, growing 2.75 % year on year, according to statistics compiled by the state’s Ministry of Transportat...
19.01.29
Spot Rates from China Drop in Many Trade Routes
Freight rates for exporting containers from China declined on many trade routes last week, as pre-Chinese Lunar New Year shipments had reached a peak, and, as a result, transport demand declined in...
19.01.28
New Record Set for Asia to US Box Traffic in 2018
Containers moved eastbound to the U.S. from 18 countries and regions in Asia increased 21.8% from a year earlier to 1,645,022 TEUs in December of last year, posting a year-on-year improvement for e...
19.01.28
Japan-China Box Trade Grows for 3 Months Running
Containers from Japan to China surged 10.9% from a year earlier to 979,291 tons in November 2018, marking a year-on-year increase for three straight months, according to a report on container movem...
19.01.24
U.S. Customs Brokers in Trouble due to Federal Shutdown
It is reported in the U.S. that local customs brokers are in trouble. Amid the protracted federal government shutdown, many customs employees are on furlough, preventing various duty refund formali...
