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17.09.15
China Container Throughput Hikes 8.8% in Jan-Aug
Ports in China handled a total of 20.643 million TEUs of containers in August, which increased 8% from a year earlier, according to a report compiled by the nation’s Ministry of Transport (MOT). Co...
17.09.14
Philippines Set to Adopt Faster Import Permit System
The Department of Finance (DOF) of the Philippines is finalizing a new, faster system for securing import applications that currently involve more than 60 government agencies, as part of fresh meas...
17.09.13
UK Think Tank: Post-Brexit Customs Could Cost £4 Bln Yearly
Introducing customs declarations after Brexit would affect up to 180,000 UK traders and could cost traders over £4 billion a year, according to the British think tank Institute for Government (IfG)...
17.09.13
Container Throughput at Kobe Improves 4.3% in Jan-July
The Port of Kobe processed 171,712 TEUs of oceangoing containers in July, which decreased 3.1% year on year, according to a report compiled by the city of Kobe’s Port and Harbor Bureau. Exports acc...
17.09.12
Spot Rates Fall Last Week for Ex-China Containers
Spot freight rates for exporting containers from China dropped last week, with that the rate for shipments from Shanghai to Europe going down 8.4% from the previous week to US$812 per TEU and that ...
17.09.11
Johor Working on Measure to Ease Causeway Congestion
Heavy vehicles traffic from Malaysia's Johor to Singapore would be limited to the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link in January 2018. The Second Link is a bridge built to reduce the massive traffic con...
17.09.08
India Customs Approves Exporters Self-Sealing
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) of India's Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has approved elf-sealing of containers by exporters using electronic seals, effective October 1,...
17.09.08
UK Ports Handle Record Container Volumes in 2016
Overall total freight tonnage handled by UK ports declined by 3% in 2016. This decline is attributable to a large reduction in demand for coal imports, according to ''UK Port Freight Statistics: 20...
17.09.06
Countries Sign ESCAP Cross-border Paperless Trade Pact
Bangladesh, Cambodia and China have signed the Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific, a new United Nations treaty aimed at strengthening digita...
17.09.05
Containers to/from S. Korea Grow 3.1% in July
Trade ports in South Korea processed a total of 132.34 million tons of cargo in July, which increased 3.7% from the 127.67 million tons that they handled a year earlier, according to an announcemen...
