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17.04.21
Box Throughput at Hong Kong Surges 17% in March
The Hong Kong Marine and Port Board (HKMPB) recently unveiled that the Port of Hong Kong handled 1.77 million TEUs of containers in March, which grew 17.1% from a year earlier and enjoyed a double-...
17.04.20
Vietnam’s VNR and SNP Tie up to Build New ICDs
The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) and Saigon Newport Corporation (SNP) have agreed to set up inland container depots in two inland container depots (ICDs) in the Song Than Industrial Park in th...
17.04.19
Strike at Major Ports in India Postponed
Labor unions in India that represent dockworkers recently agreed with the government of the nation to postpone the indefinite nationwide strike that they had planned to begin on April 19 to May 12....
17.04.19
World Trade Recovery Expected in 2017 and 2018
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is forecasting that global trade will expand by 2.4% in 2017; however, as deep uncertainty about near-term economic and policy developments raise the forecast ris...
17.04.19
LA Box Throughput Surges 29% in March
March cargo volumes jumped 29 percent at the Port of Los Angeles compared to the previous year. The robust numbers came through a combination of strong export volumes (up 20 percent), a post Lunar ...
17.04.18
Indian Importers Now Required Faster Declaration
India's Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has amended Sections 46 and 47 of the Customs Act, 1962. These changes came into effect on April 1, 2017 following the enactment of the Finance Bi...
17.04.17
Singapore Box Throughput Rises 6.7% in March
Container throughput at the port of Singapore amounted to 2.69 million TEUs in March, a 6.9% increase compared to 2.52 million TEUs in the same month in 2016. In the first three months of the year,...
17.04.17
Chinese Ports Handle 7.2% More Containers in Q1
Ports in China handled a total of 19.332 million TEUs of containers in March, which increased a favorable 9.8% year on year, according to an announcement made by the nation's Ministry of Transport ...
17.04.14
Asia to US Box Volumes Grow 10% in March
Outbound containers to the U.S. from 18 countries and regions in Asia increased 10.2% from a year earlier to 1,123,501 TEUs last month, accomplishing the first year-on-year improvement in two month...
17.04.12
Box Traffic in India Total 8.446 Mln TEUs in FY16/17
The Indian Ports Association (IPA) recently announced that 12 state-run ports in the nation handled a total of 8.446 million TEUs of containers in fiscal 2016 (April 2016-March 2017), which increas...
