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16.02.12
Sill Reinforcements Complete in New Panama Canal Locks
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that sill reinforcements in the new locks had been completed last week, bringing the Panama Canal Expansion one step closer to inauguration. The filli...
16.02.10
Box Traffic at Russian Ports Plunges 25% in 2015
Container throughput handled at Russian seaports plunged 25.4% year on year to 3.94 million TEUs in 2015, according to the Association of Commercial Seaports (ASOP). The ports of the Baltic Basin h...
16.02.08
No Anti-Monopoly Exemption Necessary for Shipping: JFTC
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) released Friday a report on the Review of the System for Exemption from the Antimonopoly Act for International Ocean Shipping. Although the system of exemptio...
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...
