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16.05.10
Philippine Customs Introduces Advance Manifest Rules
The Philippines' Bureau of Customs' advance manifest was introduced on May 1, 2016 which requires all shipping lines and agents, non – vessel - operating common carriers (NVOCCs), and freight forwa...
16.05.09
COSCO Ship Wins Draw to Transit Expanded Panama Canal First
China COSCO Shipping has won the draw for the first transit through the Expanded Panama Canal during the waterway's inauguration on Sunday, June 26. The shipping line's container vessel ''Androniko...
16.05.06
MLIT Unveils Guidelines for SOLAS VGM
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan recently unveiled a guideline for the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea’s Verified Gross Mass (SOLAS...
16.05.06
Japan’s Used Car Export Falls 5% in March
Japan exported a total of 109,878 used vehicles—i.e., passenger cars, cargo carriers and buses—in March, decreasing 5.1% from a year earlier, which was the first year-on-year decline in two months,...
16.05.06
Box Traffic in South Korea Remains Flat in 1st Quarter
Combined container throughput at trade ports in South Korea remained nearly unchanged from a year earlier in the first quarter (January-March) of this year, growing a minute 0.2% from 6.314 million...
16.04.28
Intra-Asia Containers up 3.1% in Q1
The combine volume of containerized shipments that major shipping lines moved among 13 countries and regions in Asia in the first quarter (January-March) of this year increased 3.1% from a year ear...
16.04.26
Box Throughput at Vancouver Wanes 4% in 1st Quarter
Container throughput at the Port of Vancouver fell 4% year on year to 704,387 TEUs in the first three months of the year. Loaded containers declined 3% from a year earlier to 619,148 TEUs, accounti...
16.04.25
Japan-to-China Boxes Achieve 1st YOY Gain in 8 Months
Containers from Japan to China soared 14.7% to weigh a total of 882,284 tons in February, enjoying the first year-on-year increase in eight months, according to a report on container movement (tonn...
16.04.22
Maritime Industries Not Ready for SOLAS VGM
Most of International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states are not ready for Safety of Life at Sea Convention's Verified Gross Mass (SOLAS VGM) requirements which will go into effect on July 1...
16.04.21
Containers from Asia to Europe down 12% in Feb.
Asia exported 1,028,981 TEUs of containers to Europe in February, plunging 11.9% from a year earlier and suffering a year-on-year decrease for two back-to-back months, according to a report unveile...
