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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Shipping lines on the transpacific trade have withdrawn their proposed port congestion surcharges on cargo through U.S. West Coast ports over fears of strong pushback from U.S. importers and Federa...
14.11.20
TSA Lines Set to Implement $1,000 per FEU Rate Hike
Predicting capacity tightening in the coming months to Chinese New Year holidays from February 18 to 24, 2014, container shipping lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) are recomme...
14.11.19
Long Beach OKs Extra Storage to Relieve Congestion
Acting to relieve cargo delivery delays, the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved the use of Port of Long Beach property as a temporary site for the storage of empty containers, wh...
14.11.18
Freight Forwarders Call for End to Carriers Surcharges
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations known as FIATA has announced that it is time for the world's container shipping lines to provide greater clarity on the ever increasi...
14.11.18
TSA Lines Assess US West Coast Congestion Surcharges
Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) lines will apply on an individual basis congestion surcharges of up to US$1,000 per FEU for cargo moving through US West Coast ports from November 17, 201...
