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16.04.20
Container Volumes at Hong Kong Fall 8% in March
Container throughput in Hong Kong fell 8.0% in March when the port handled 1.524 million TEUs, according to the government’s Port Development Council data. The figure represents the 16th straight m...
16.04.19
Box Traffic at World’s Top 2 Ports Slips in Q1
Shanghai Port recorded a container throughput of 3.01 million TEUs in March, up 2.4 percent over the same month last year while box Traffic in Singapore, the world’s second largest container port, ...
16.04.18
Japan’s Machinery Trade Grows in 2015
Machinery exported from Japan in 2015 were valued at a total of \48.854 trillion, which grew 4.3% from the previous year and registered a year-on-year improvement for the third consecutive year, ac...
16.04.15
China’s Box Throughput Rises 5.1% in March
All trade ports in China processed 17,602,000 TEUs of containers in total in March, increasing 5.1% from the corresponding month of 2015, according to an announcement made by the nation’s Ministry ...
16.04.13
TSA Westbound Adopts Guideline Min. Rates for Some Fruits
Member carriers in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) Westbound section have recommended guideline minimum rates for part of fruit shipments moving from the U.S. to Asia. The new minimu...
16.04.12
April US Retail Imports Projected to Dip 0.8%
Import cargo volume at the U.S.'s major retail container ports has begun its annual climb toward summer levels but is expected to be largely flat when compared with last year's record high numbers,...
16.04.08
Box Traffic at India’s JNPT Remains Flat in 2015
Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) handled 4,491,514 TEUs during the fiscal year of 2015-16. The figure represents a slight 0.6% over the previous year. Out of the total traffic, the share of JNPCT was 1...
16.04.08
IRA Announces $100 per TEU Rate Hike
As a part of their already published 2016 Business Plan, member lines of the Informal Rate Agreement (IRA) reaffirmed their rate restoration plan of US$100 per TEU, effective May 1, 2016. The recom...
16.04.07
Intra-Asia Box Volumes Dip 1% in February
The combined volume of containerized shipments that major shipping companies transported in February among 13 countries and regions in Asia decreased 1% from the corresponding month of 2015 to 1.09...
16.04.06
Korea-China Car Ferry Box Volumes Slow down in 2015
Containerized shipments moved in 2015 by car ferry services between South Korea and China increased 3.4% year on year to 558,195 TEUs, according to a report compiled by an association for car ferry...
