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16.07.13
Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Handles 10.786 Mln TEUs in H1 2016
The Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan handled 458 million tons in the first six months of the year, representing a 0.8% increase over the same period last year. During the period, container throughput at the...
16.07.12
Container Shipping Industry to Benefit from Single Standard
In a significant breakthrough for the container shipping business, the two criteria currently used when inspecting containers during the interchange process between operators and leasing companies ...
16.07.08
Turkey’s Longest Suspension Bridge Opens
A suspension bridge across Izmit Bay in western Turkey has been commissioned. The Osman Gazi Bridge links the Turkish capital of Istanbul with Izmir City, cutting crossing time substantially, from ...
16.07.07
Far East to South Asia Lines Unveil Rate Restoration
Informal South Asia Agreement (ISAA) has recommended its members to implement a rate restoration of $100 per TEU, effective August 1, 2016. The foregoing recommendation will be applicable to all we...
16.07.05
WCO Publishes HS 2017 Edition
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has published the accepted amendments to the Harmonized System (HS) Nomenclature that will enter into force on January 1, 2017. It includes 233 sets of amendmen...
16.07.04
Germany Tops 2016 Logistics Performance Index
Progress in logistics performance has slowed for the first time since 2007 for the worlds least developed economies, while emerging economies that implement comprehensive initiatives continue to im...
16.06.29
South Korea’s Box Throughput Rises Slightly in May
Trade ports in South Korea processed a total of 124.46 million tons of cargo in May, which increased 1.4% from a year earlier, according to the economy’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. Container...
16.06.28
BIC to Provide Database for SOLAS's VGM
Paris-based Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal (BIC) has announced the launch of a pilot database of container tare weight data to support carriers, shippers, forwarders...
16.06.27
MLIT to Run Logistics Pilot Project for Produce in Myanmar
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan will run a logistics pilot project for fiscal 2016 (April 2016-March 2017) in Myanmar. The ministry intends to modernize ...
16.06.24
Korea to Southeast Asia Box Traffic Makes Steady Gains
Container movement between South Korea and Southeast Asia increased in both directions in the first five months (January-May) of this year, according to a report compiled by an organization of Sout...
