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14.09.05
Taiwan Gives Nod to Multi-country Consolidation
Taiwanese authorities recently have passed a law which will allow freight forwarders to operate multi-country consolidation. This means that forwarders can consolidate exports to multiple destinati...
14.09.05
NACCS, Myanmar Customs Ink Deal on E-Customs
Nippon Automated Cargo And Port Consolidated System, Inc., known as NACCS which provides a system dedicated to electronic customs processing of air/sea cargo, and Myanmar's Customs Department of th...
14.09.03
Philippines Sets Sept. 8 Deadline to Remove Boxes in Manila Ports
Philippines’ Cabinet Cluster on Port Congestion (CCPC) has instructed importers and brokers in the country that unclaimed customs-cleared containers in Manila ports be ransferred to ports in Subic ...
14.09.01
South Korea's Box Trade Grows 3.4% in July
South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has announced that containerized shipments handled at South Korea's seaports increased 3.4% from a year earlier to 1.995 million TEUs in July. Import-...
14.08.29
NEAL-NET Launches Container Information Service
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan announced on Aug. 25 that a service had been launched for providing information on container logistics, allowing users to...
14.08.29
Intra-Asia Container Traffic Grows 5% in H1
Combined volume of containerized shipments moved by major shipping lines among 12 Asian economies increased 5.1% year on year from 1.231 million TEUs to 1.295 million TEUs in June. Exports from Jap...
14.08.28
US West Coast Labor Talks Move One Step Forward
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) announced Tuesday that they have reached a tentative agreement on terms for health benefits, subjec...
14.08.28
Tripartite Logistics Ministers Meeting Adopts ''Yokohama Declaration''
Japan, China and the Republic of Korea agreed to join forces to realize a seamless logistics system, develop eco-friendly logistics services and achieve a good balance between safety and efficiency...
14.08.26
Japan’s Trade Deficit with China up Nearly 40% in H1
A total of US$168.301 billion worth of goods were traded between Japan and China in the first half (January-June) of 2014, growing 4.4% year on year, according to a report compiled by the Japan Ext...
14.08.25
Laem Chabang Handles 7.6% More Containers in H1
The Port of Laem Chabang in Thailand handled 3,157,961 TEUs of containers in the first half (January-June) of 2014, growing 7.6% year on year from 2,933,990 TEUs, according to statistical data prov...
