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16.08.22
July Box Traffic at Hong Kong Continues Falling
Container volumes handled at Hong Kong Port decreased 11.0% from a year before to 1.639 million TEUs in July, representing the 25th consecutive month of decline. Throughput at Kwai Tsing container ...
16.08.18
TSA-Westbound Unveils Rate Hikes for US Produce to Asia
Member container lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) Westbound section have agreed on the need for an across-the-board increase rates of produce moving from the U.S. to Asia. Th...
16.08.18
Container Throughput in China Rises 4.9% in July
China handled a total of 18.811 million TEUs of containers at its trade ports in July, which increased 4.9% from a year earlier, according to the nation’s Ministry of Transport (MOT). Growth in thr...
16.08.17
Box Traffic at Singapore Creeps up in July
Container volumes handled at Singapore Port went up slightly by 0.8% year on year to 2,571,300 TEUs in July, compared to 2515,200 TEUs in the same month last year. In the first seven months of 2016...
16.08.16
Shanghai Box Throughput Grows 5% in July
The port of Shanghai handled higher container throughput of 3.27 million TEUs in July on a year-on-year comparison, according to Shanghai International Port (Group) Co (SIPG). The figure represents...
16.08.16
Myanmar Starts Test Run for Automated Customs Clearance
Myanmar's Customs Department runs test operation for the Myanmar Automated Cargo Clearance system (MACCS) in August. MACCS aims to integrate platform for trade and logistics in the country, save ti...
16.08.15
South Korea-China Ferry Service Booming
Cargo volumes and passengers moving in ferry services linking South Korea with China have been both increasing. To meet the more stringent safety regulations for ships that were implemented recentl...
16.08.15
US Expands Presence and Engagement in Burma
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is expanding activities and services in Burma with the opening of a new Office of Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Emb...
16.08.10
India Set to Create Uniform Tax Regime
India's Upper House of Parliament known as Rajya Sabha has passed a major tax reform legislation titled the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Constitutional Amendment Bill. The Lok Sabha, the Lower Hous...
16.08.09
Shanghai to Europe Spot Rates Plunge Again
Spot rates from Shanghai to Europe fell in the week ended August 5 after surging above $1,000 per TEU in the previous week. According to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange, the China Containerized Frei...
