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14.10.03
TSA Unveils 2015 Revenue/Cost Recovery Plan
Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) lines are preparing for a new round of 2015 service contract negotiations, taking into consideration of inland rail and truck capacity shortages and sharp...
14.10.01
China Eases Limits on Foreign Investment in Shanghai FTZ
At a time of the first anniversary of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ), China's State Council has unveiled a plan to relax foreign investment restrictions in 27 industries including...
14.09.30
Box Traffic at Busan Rises 5.5% to 53 Mln TEUs in Aug.
South Korea’s Port of Busan handled a total of 1,531,301 TEUs of containers in August, according to the Busan Port Authority (BPA). Throughput at the nation’s largest container port complex enjoyed...
14.09.29
Reefer Container Train Service Launched in Vietnam
Vietnam Railways (VNR) has launched operation of its first 40-foot reefer container train between Yen Vien Station in Hanoi and Song Than Station in Binh Duong Province. The train dedicated for ree...
14.09.25
Ghana Delays Imports Verification Program
Ghana has postponed the implementation of the Verification of Conformity for imports, according to French testing, inspection and certification (TIC) group Bureau Veritas. The Conformity Assessment...
14.09.24
Asia to US Box Traffic Tops 1.3 Mln-TEU Mark, First in 7 Years
Asia exported 1.325 million TEUs of containers to the U.S. in August, growing 5% year on year and exceeding the 1.3-million-TEU line for the first time in six years and 11 months, or since Septembe...
14.09.24
Containers from Japan to China down 5.3% to 997,412 tons in July
Container trade between Japan and China declined in both directions in July. The Japan Maritime Center (JMC) recently unveiled that exports from Japan to China fell 5.3% from a year earlier to 997,...
14.09.22
Yokohama Int’l Containers Increase YOY 1st Time in 4 Years at 1.305 Mln TEUs
The Port of Yokohama processed 59.62 million tons of shipments in total (up 1% year on year) in the first half (January-June) of this year, enjoying the first year-on-year growth in two years. Inte...
14.09.22
Japan Helping Myanmar Launch Container Train
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has announced it will launch a proving test in Myanmar aimed at implementing the nation's first rail transport of ocean contai...
14.09.19
China Customs on Its Way to Integrate Regional Customs
China's General Administration of Customs will expand its customs integration approach to the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta regions effective October 1, 2014. This is part of the ce...
