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14.12.02
U.S. to Asia Box Trade Wanes 5.7% in Sept.
Container imports from the U.S. to Asia fell 5.7% from a year earlier to 505,401 TEUs in September, suffering a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month, according to a report unveile...
14.12.01
Vietnam to Levy Heavier Penalties for Overloaded Trucks
Vietnam's Transport Ministry is set to crack down on trucks and other vehicles carrying goods exceeding their capacity. Under the new Decree 107/2014/ND, owners of overloaded trucks transporting do...
14.12.01
World Seaborne Trade Grows 3.8% in 2013: UNCTAD
Reflecting stumbling growth in the world economy, world seaborne shipments grew by an average of just 3.8 percent in 2013, taking total volumes to nearly 9.6 billion tons, UNCTAD's ''Review of Mari...
14.11.27
Belgian Union Strikes Paralyzing Port of Antwerp
Trade unions in Belgium have been staging a series of strikes in protest of the government's cost cutting measures. The strikes have paralyzed the nation's largest container port Antwerp with the p...
14.11.27
Box Volumes Handled by JIFFA Members Top 50 Mln Tons
International multimodal cargo imported to and exported from Japan in the first half of fiscal 2014 (April-September) amounted to 53.937 million revenue tons in total, enjoying a double-digit incre...
14.11.26
All Box Terminals in US to Be Closed on Thursday
All container terminals in U.S. ports will be closed on Thursday, November 27, 2014 in observance of Thanksgiving. Most terminals are expected to be open and operating as normal Friday, Nov. 28.
14.11.25
Box Traffic up at Shanghai, Singapore, But down at Hong Kong in Oct
October container throughput at the world's Big Three container ports yielded mixed results. The port of Shanghai moved 3.02 million TEUs in October, an increase of 7.5% compared to 2.81 million TE...
14.11.25
No ILWU-PMA Contract Talks Scheduled Until Dec. 2
There will not be much progress in labor contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association until early December as the so-cal...
14.11.21
FMC Set to Review US Port Congestion Surcharges
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has been concerned about carriers' proposed port congestion surcharges. As pending labor contract negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (P...
14.11.20
Carriers Suspend US West Coast Port Congestion Surcharges
Shipping lines on the transpacific trade have withdrawn their proposed port congestion surcharges on cargo through U.S. West Coast ports over fears of strong pushback from U.S. importers and Federa...
