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16.12.12
Shanghai Box Volumes Rise 6% in November
Shanghai Port handled 3.22 million TEUs, up 5.9% compared to 3.04 million TEUs for the same month last year. In the first 11 months, its throughput totaled 3.65 million TEUs, up 1.9% against 33.42 ...
16.12.08
Alameda Corridor Surcharge to Be Raised January 1st
Effective January 1, 2017, the Alameda Corridor Surcharge (ACS) will increase for all 40' southbound containers transported by rail through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA. The increase...
16.12.07
India Introduces Port Community System
The Indian government has implemented the Port Community System (PCS) which integrates the electronic flow of trade related document / information and function as the centralized hub for the ports ...
16.12.05
Japan’s NVO Cargo Volumes Grow 1.6％ in H1 of FY2016
Japan International Freight Forwarders Association Inc. (JIFFA) in late November unveiled a report on the combined volume of international multimodal shipments that its member companies handled in ...
16.12.02
Maersk Line to Acquire Hamburg Sud
Maersk Line and the Oetker Group have reached an agreement for Maersk Line to acquire Hamburg Sud, the German container shipping line. The acquisition is subject to final agreement and regulatory a...
16.12.02
WTO’s FTA Now in Final Countdown
Dominica and Mongolia have ratified the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), putting the total number of ratifications from members at 100. With just 10 more ratifications...
16.12.01
Containers from U.S. to Asia Grow 7.3% in September
The Japan Maritime Center (JMC) recently unveiled that in September, 533,000 TEUs of containers were imported from the U.S. to 18 countries and regions in Asia, which increased 7.3% from a year ear...
16.12.01
1,919 Japanese Firms have 5,931 Bases in NAFTA Economies
A total of 1,919 Japanese enterprises operate 5,931 business footholds in the three economies that have signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), according to a survey conducted by To...
16.11.29
All Hanjin Shipping Vessels Complete Unloading
South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has announced that all Hanjin Shipping vessels (97 container ships and 44 bulk carriers) that had loaded cargo at the time of the company's rehabilita...
16.11.28
Westbound-TSA Lines Unveil GRI for Dry Cargo
Member container lines in the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) have agreed on the need for an across-the-board increase in dry cargo rates, effective January 15, 2015 in a bid t...
