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16.09.16
Singapore Box Traffic Grows for 2nd Month in a Row
Container throughput at the port of Singapore has recorded a slight increase of 0.8% that was driven by increases of 3.1% in container volumes and 39.8% in non-oil bulk. Overall in August 2016 Asia...
16.09.14
US's Retail Imports Strong Despite Hanjin Bankruptcy
Import cargo volume at the U.S.'s major retail container ports should be at near-peak levels this month even as retailers work to cope with the Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy, according to the monthly ...
16.09.14
Myanmar Liberalizes Another 267 Import Items
Myanmar's Ministry of Commerce exempted another 267 items from the nation's import license requirements on September 1, 2016. The move allows shippers to import the 267 commodities of 4,405 import ...
16.09.13
Global Box Traffic Increases 2.5% in July
Global container volumes totaled 13.022 million TEUs in July, up 2.5% over the same month last year, representing an increase for the five consecutive months, according to Container Trades Statisti...
16.09.12
Asia-Red Sea Carriers Announce Sept Rate Hike
In light of an already heavy cargo booking period after G20 meetings and in advance of long China National Day holidays in China, the Informal Red Sea Agreement (IRSA) has recommended its members t...
16.09.12
Ghana Bans Carriers’ Levy of Terminal Handling Charges
Ghana's Ministry of Transport has issued a directive that the Terminal Handling Charges (THCs) should not be charged by shipping lines as local charge at any of the country's ports. The Ministry sa...
16.09.08
Box Handling Capacity at Davao More Than Doubled
The expansion of the Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) in Mindanao, Philippines has been completed as part of efforts to position the island as a gateway to the global market. Now the D...
16.09.08
Box Volumes Grow at Jeddah But Dip at Dammam
Saudi Arabia's gateway port of Jeddah handled 2.17 million TEUs in the first half of 2016, up 3.3% compared to 2.10 million TEUs in the same period last year. The port of Dammam, the second largest...
16.09.06
FMC Warns Improper Behavior Abusing Hanjin's Insolvency
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has announced that it is aware that Hanjin Shipping has advised its customers that the company's application to engage in a voluntary restructuring proces...
16.09.06
JNPT Eliminates Seal Verification at Gate
India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has done away with the seal verification of containers at the port entry gates by the government's Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to reduce the ...
