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17.07.06
Malaysia Grants Block Exemption for Carrier Agreements
The Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) has decided to grant a block exemption for liner shipping agreements in respect of vessel sharing agreements (VSA) and voluntary discussion agreements (VD...
17.07.04
Intra-Asia Containers Dips 1.4% in May
Major shipping companies moved a total of 1.07 TEUs of containers in May among 13 countries and regions in Asia, which declined 1.4% from a year earlier and incurred a year-on-year contraction for ...
17.07.03
Spanish Dockers Agree with Employers, End Strikes
Spanish dockworkers unions and Anesco, the port operators association, on Thursday reached an agreement under which the employers will guarantee continued employment after the port liberalization p...
17.07.03
Used Vehicle Exports Surge 14% in May
The International Auto Trade Association (iATA) recently unveiled that a total of 109,507 secondhand vehicles (i.e. passenger cars, cargo carriers and buses) were exported from Japan in May, which ...
17.06.30
EU Commission Gives Nod to Japanese Carriers' Container JV
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture between Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaish...
17.06.30
China Customs Set to Accelerate AEO MRA Negotiations
China’s General Administration of Customs is now active in promoting mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) on authorized economic operators (AEOs), intending to have concluded such agreements by 202...
17.06.28
Containers at South Korean ports increase 8.5% in May
Container throughput at trade ports in South Korea increased 8.5% year on year to 2.36 million TEUs from 2.175 million TEUs in May, according to an announcement made by the nation’s Ministry of Oce...
17.06.26
India Ratifies TIR Convention
On 15 June 2017, India became the 71st country to ratify the United Nations Convention on International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets, known as the TIR Convention, 1975. The Convent...
17.06.23
Port of Yokohama Reports 5% Gain in Q1 Box Volumes
The throughput of oceangoing containerized shipments moved to and from the Port of Yokohama in the first quarter (January-March) of this year grew 4.8% year on year to 622,500 TEUs on a preliminary...
17.06.22
Philippine Customs Starts Full e-Airfreight Filing
Since June 17, the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has shifted to full-fledge operation of its e-airfreight manifest submission which requires stakeholders in the industry to file air waybills (...
