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18.04.10
FIATA, essDOCS launch project to digitise FIATA & NVOCC B/L
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with essDOCS to provide a framework for further cooperation in digitising Bill...
18.04.09
Skyrocketing High on Transpacific–Drewry Report
The World Container Index assessed by Drewry, a composite of container freight rate on 8 major routes to/from the US, Europe and Asia, is up by 4.0% to $1,218.54/FEU. Two-year spot freight rate tre...
18.04.04
JNPT Sets Box Traffic Record in FY2017/18
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) set container throughput record of 482 million TEUs in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, representing a 7% increase over the previous year's 4.50 million TEUs...
18.04.03
S. Korea's Box traffic up 9.4% to 2.173 Mln TEUs in Feb.
South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) recently unveiled that combined throughput (preliminary figures) at trade ports in the nation declined 1.5% year on year from 119.92 million ton...
18.04.03
Port of Tokyo's Box Trade Rises 6% to 4.5 Mln TEUs in 2017
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG)’s Bureau of Port and Harbor recently unveiled cargo throughput (preliminary figures) at the Port of Tokyo in 2017. As for international cargo, exports expand...
18.04.02
NRIC Revises Japan's FY18 Cargo Transport Outlook
Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting, Inc. (NRIC) recently unveiled a revision of the economic and cargo transport outlooks for fiscal 2018 (April 2018-March 2019) that it had presented earlier...
18.03.29
Japan-China Container Trade Wanes in Both Directions in Jan
The Japan Maritime Center (JMC) on March 27 unveiled a report that it had compiled with trade statistics released by the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The report indicated that containers from Japan t...
18.03.29
Japan Grants 6 Bln Yen for Mandalay Port Project
Myanmar’s Deputy Minister for Planning and Finance U Set Aung and Tomoko Yoshihiro, Charge d’ Affaires ad interim of the Embassy of Japan in Myanmar signed and exchanged three agreements last week,...
18.03.27
Electronic Cargo Report Mandatory from April 20 in South Africa
South African Revenue Service (SARS) is set to implement the first phase of the Reporting of Conveyances and Goods (RCG) project which falls under the New Customs Acts Program (NCAP). Building on t...
18.03.23
India Customs Set to Crack down on Hazardous Waste Imports
Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House has issued a new regulation which requires importers of additional details on the bills of lading for all imports into India. ''There have been a number of instances w...
