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16.03.02
TSA Lines Recommend April GRI of $600 per FEU
Member shipping lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) are recommending across the board rate increase of $600 per FEU, effective April 1, 2016, in a bid to help address ongoing co...
16.03.01
FIATA Calls for Enhanced Box Weighing Information from Carriers
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association (FIATA) is calling for enhanced communication from container shipping lines ahead of the deadline by which new IMO regulations requiri...
16.02.29
US to Asia Container Trade Shrinks 4.2% in 2015
Containers from the U.S. to 18 countries and regions in Asia decreased 4.2% to 6,386,205 TEUs in 2015, suffering a year-on-year decline for two years in a row, according to a report unveiled by the...
16.02.26
IADA Confirms April 1 Japan Rate Restoration
As a part of its Japan Business Plan announced on December 10, 2015, the Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) has recommended its members to implement a rate restoration of $100 per TEU for cargo...
16.02.24
TSA Revenue Index Hits Lowest Points in Six Years
The TSA Revenue Index for the west coast of North America and inland point intermodal (IPI) services provided in December 2015 hit the lowest since 2010 of 75.64 points (100 points on average in 20...
16.02.23
China’s Box Throughput Remains Nearly Unchanged in Jan
Combined container throughput at ports in China grew a very minute 0.3% to 18,082,300 TEUs in January, remaining nearly unchanged from a year earlier and showing signs of stalling, according to an ...
16.02.23
Japan-Korea Box Volumes Continue to Be Flat in 2015
A total of 1,793,852 TEUs of containers (including empties) were traded between Japan and South Korea in 2015, decreasing a minute 0.1% from a year earlier to suffer the first year-on-year decline ...
16.02.22
Japan-China Box Trade Declines 2.4% in 2015
Container exports from Japan to China shrank 2% year on year to 966,649 tons in December 2015, according to a report unveiled by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC). On a Japanese yen scale, they fell ...
16.02.22
Containers from Asia to Europe down 3.7% in 2015
Containerized shipments from Asia to Europe declined 3.7% from a year earlier to total 14,823,317 TEUs in 2015, according to a report released by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC). Due to the slowdow...
16.02.19
Japan-China Trade Falls in Both Ways on US Dollar Basis
According to analysis by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) on Japan-China trade in 2015, based on import data from “Trade Statistics of Japan” by the Ministry of Finance and the “China ...
