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18.07.30
Asia to US Box Volumes Set All-time High in H1
Outbound containers to North America from 18 countries and regions in Asia increased 4% to 1,434,552 TEUs in June, accomplishing the first year-on-year growth in three months and setting a new reco...
18.07.26
Japan, Thailand Sign Enhanced Bilateral Swap Deal
The Bank of Japan, acting as agent for the Minister of Finance of Japan, and the Bank of Thailand signed the Amendment and Restatement Agreement of the fourth Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) which...
18.07.25
Heavy Rain Causes Barge Congestion in Chang Jiang
Heavy rain in areas along the upper stream of the Chang Jiang has raised the water level at the Three Gorges Dam, according to Chinese shipping line sources. To ensure safety, ship navigations on t...
18.07.24
Expanded Flexibility for NVOs in US Effective Aug 22
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has offered regulatory flexibilities for non-vessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC) Negotiated Rate Arrangements (NRAs) and NVOCC Service Arrangements (N...
18.07.24
India Customs to Start Mandatory Cargo Manifest Filing on Aug 1
India's Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIT) has announced in its Notification No. 38 / 2018-Customs (N.T.) that it made the regulations called the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment...
18.07.23
S. Korea-China Containers Grows Minutely in H1
The combined volume of local and feeder containers traded between South Korea and China remained nearly unchanged from a year earlier in the first half (January-June), growing a minute 0.96% to 1,4...
18.07.20
Pirate Incidents in Asia Hit Lowest in 10 Years in H1 2018
According to a half-year report released by the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre (ISC), 40 incidents ha...
18.07.19
H1 Box Traffic at Kaohsiung Port Remains Unchanged
The Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan handled 2,622,238 TEUs in the second quarter of the year, up 2.3% from a year earlier. For the first six months of 2018, container throughput at Taiwan’s gate port r...
18.07.18
Shanghai Container Volumes Top 20 Million TEUs in Q1
China's Ministry of Transport (MOT) unveiled on July 17 that containers moved to and from the nation in the first half (January-June) increased 5.4% year on year to set a new record of 121.044 mill...
18.07.17
Chinese Box Ports to Account for Half of Top 20 in 2018
The Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) recently unveiled its projection for the 20 busiest container ports in the world in 2018. It is anticipated that Chinese ports will account for a half of the to...
