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16.02.05
Maritime Piracy Remains at Previous Year's Level
Piracy and armed robbery on the world's seas is persisting at levels close to those in 2014, despite reductions in the number of ships hijacked and crew captured, the International Chamber of Comme...
16.02.04
China Implements Import License Customs Clearance Nationwide
As of February 1, 2016, China’s Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs expanded the scope of automatic import license customs clearance to every region of the country. Customs h...
16.02.02
Japanese Used Car Export Declines 2.3% in 2015
Japan exported 1,254,074 secondhand automobiles in 2015, declining 2.3% from the previous year, according to a report released by the International Auto Trade Association (iATA). The nation’s expor...
16.02.01
Intra-Asia Box Volumes Grow 2.5% in 2015
The combined volume of containerized shipments that major shipping companies moved in 2015 among 13 countries and regions in Asia was 14.795 million TEUs, which increased 2.5% year on year from 14....
16.01.29
Shanghai Retains Top Spot of World Box Port Rankings
Shanghai handled 36.5 million TEUs, which improved 3% from the previous year. Thanks to increases in containers moved on the Yangtze River route and in feeder services, Shanghai became the world’s ...
16.01.26
Beijing Invites Opinions Before Revision of Shipping Rules
China’s Ministry of Transport has begun working to revise its regulations to supervise international seaborne shipping services and clamp down violations. With the Regulations on International Mari...
16.01.22
Asia to US Box Traffic Tops 15 Mln TEUs in 2015
Outbound containers from 18 countries and regions in Asia to the U.S. increased 2.9% from the previous calendar year to 15,154,555 TEUs in 2015, according to a report released recently by the Japan...
16.01.21
South California Ports Report 2015 Box Volumes
The Port of Los Angeles handled a total of 8,160,457 TEUs in 2015, down 2.2% from the previous year. The decline is attributable to the labor dispute early in the year. Imports fell 2.6% from a yea...
16.01.21
Busan Handles 4.1% More Containers in 2015
Container throughput at the South Korean port of Busan totaled 19.45 million TEUs in 2015, up 4.1% from the previous year. Transshipment containers accounted for 52% of the entire 2015 box volumes,...
16.01.20
TSA's Nov Revenue Indexes Hit Lowest in 4 Years
The TSA Revenue Index for west coast of North America and inland point intermodal (IPI) services provided in November 2015 was 79.03 points (100 points on average in 2008), down by 2.17 points from...
