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18.02.07
Global Container Traffic Rises 5.5% in December
According to statistics compiled by Container Trades Statistics Ltd. (CTS) of London, a total of 14,177,360 TEUs of containers were traded worldwide in December 2017, which grew 5.5% from the corre...
18.02.06
Ex-China Container Spot Rates Climb Moderately
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) stood at 883.59 points last week, going up 2.9% from the previous week, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE). The container spot rate, w...
18.02.05
Intra-Asia Container Volumes Rise by 1.7% in 2017
Leading shipping companies moved 1.096 million TEUs of container in December 2017 among 13 countries and regions in Asia in total, which increased 5.9% from a year earlier. Dry and reefer container...
18.02.05
Indonesia Ends Customs Inspections of 2,973 Import Items
Indonesia's Directorate General of Customs and Excise on Feb. 1 took a step to simplify its customs formalities. Jakarta discontinued the customs inspections that it conducts of 2,973 items, includ...
18.02.02
Used Vehicle Exports Grow for the First Time in 3 Years
Japan exported 1,297,708 used vehicles (i.e., passenger cars, cargo freighters and buses) in 2017, which increased 9.3% from a year earlier and registered the first year-on-year improvement in thre...
18.01.31
S. Korea's Box Volume up 5.4% to 27.4 Mln TEUs in 2017
South Korea's trade ports processed a total of 27.421 million TEUs of containers in 2017, which increased 5.4% from the 26 million TEUs handled in the previous year, according to a preliminary repo...
18.01.30
TSA to Disband After 30 Years of Acting As Forum for Liner Carriers
The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) announced Wednesday that it would dissolve on February 8, 2018 after almost 30 years of activities as a research and discussion forum of major ocean c...
18.01.29
Japan's Foreign Trade Marks Double-digit Growth in 2017
According to trade statistics recently unveiled by Japan Customs, the nation's exports surged 11.8% in terms of value from the previous year to JPN78.29 trillion in 2017, enjoying the first year-on...
18.01.29
Oceangoing container throughput reaches all-time high in ‘17
The Port of Kobe handled 2.217 million TEUs of oceangoing containers in 2017 (January-December), which increased 3.6% from the previous year and reached an all-time high, according to preliminary s...
18.01.26
Turkey Lifts Restrictions on Japanese Cut-Flower Imports
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey has lifted restrictions on the import of commodities listed on Chapter 6 of the Tariff schedule, which had been banned after the triple meltdown...
