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18.06.11
FMC Votes to Expand Flexibility in NVOCC Service Options
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Wednesday took a significant step forward in relieving regulatory burdens on Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (OTIs), while simultaneously giving shipp...
18.06.08
Panama Canal Achieves New Monthly Tonnage Record
For the third time since the inauguration of the expanded Canal, the Panama Canal set a new monthly tonnage record of 38.1 million tons (PC/UMS) after facilitating the transit of 1,231 vessels in M...
18.06.07
Rates for China's Export Containers Rebound in May
The China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI), unveiled by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE), increased 1.54% from a month earlier to 764.84 points on average in May, according to the nation's Mi...
18.06.07
Japan's Waste Paper Exports Shrink 4.6% in April
Japan's waste paper exports fell 4.6% year on year to 338,864 tons in April, according to a report that the Japan Paper Exporters’ Association (JPEA) compiled from trade statistics provided by the ...
18.06.06
Port of NY & NJ Sets Box Traffic Record in April
The Port of New York New Jersey hit another monthly record in April 2018. Total volume for the month of April was 551,117 TEUs. Although import loads were down by 2.1% in April 2018 vs. April 2017,...
18.06.05
Box Throughput in Latin America/Carib Ports Rise 6.1% in 2017
The throughput of containerized cargo in the ports of Latin America and the Caribbean rose around 6.1% in 2017, according to data released recently by the United Nations Economic Commission for Lat...
18.06.01
Containers to/from S. Korea Ups Slightly in April
Trade ports in South Korea processed a total of 2.379 million TEUs of containers in April, growing 0.6% from the 2.366 million TEUs handled in the corresponding month of 2017, according to the nati...
18.05.31
China-Taiwan Box Trade Falls 7.75% in Jan-April
In the first four months (January-April) of 2018, a total of 777,421 TEUs of containerized shipments were directly traded between China and Taiwan, decreasing 7.75% year on year. By Taiwanese ports...
18.05.30
JIFFA Members Handle Record 116 Million Tons in FY2017
Members of Japan International Freight Forwarders Association Inc. (JIFFA) handled a total of 57.968 million tons of international multimodal cargo to and from Japan in the second half of fiscal 20...
18.05.29
Japan-S. Korea Box Trade up 5.7%, But S. Korea-China down 5%
As for container movement in the first quarter (January-March) on shortsea routes to and from South Korea, 481,725 TEUs were traded to and from Japan, growing a favorable 5.7% year on year from 45...
