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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...
16.04.06
Zhejiang Province Implements Emission Control
Effective on April 1, 2016, China's Zhejiang Province requires cargo vessels berthing at ports in the emissions control area to use fuel with sulfur content no more than 0.5%m/m. The relevant ports...
16.04.05
India Launches Customs Single Window
India's Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has developed the ''Integrated Declaration'' under which all information required for import clearance by the concerned government agencies has be...
16.04.04
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...
16.04.01
Philippines Implements Advance Manifest Rules
The Philippines' Bureau of Customs has issued Customs Administrative Order requiring all shipping lines and agents, non – vessel - operating common carriers (NVOCCs), and freight forwarders includi...
16.03.31
Asia-Pacific Nations Agree on Paperless Trade Facilitation
An unprecedented regional treaty that will cut trade time and costs in the Asia-Pacific region was finalized at a United Nations led forum in Bangkok last week. The agreement, drafted by working gr...
16.03.31
Economic Slump in Brazil Keeps Box Throughput Declining
Brazilian ports handled a combined total of 9.135 million TEUs in 2015, representing a 1.9% decline compared to 9.316 million TEUs registered in 2014, according to the Special Secretariat of Ports ...
16.03.29
Busan Becomes World’s 5th Busiest Box Port
South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries unveiled on March 24 that trade ports in the nation handled 111.88 million tons of containers in total in February, which decreased 0.4% from the corr...
16.03.28
Panama Canal Expansion to Be Inaugurated on June 26
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that the Panama Canal Expansion will be officially inaugurated on Sunday, June 26, 2016. The expansion work is currently 97 percent complete. Final te...
