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15.04.13
China Plans to Integrate Clearance Procedures Nationwide
In a bid to promote cross-regional customs clearance and single window facilities for international trade, China's General Administration of Customs is accelerating national integration customs pro...
15.04.10
Box Volumes at J. Nehru Port Rise 7% to 4.467 Mln TEUs in FY2014
Jawaharlal Nehru Port handled 63.80 million tons of total cargo during the financial year 2014-15 as against 62.33 million tons of cargo handled during the previous year. Of the total, share of con...
15.04.09
Intra-Asia Container Traffic Surges 13.7% in February
The combined volume of containerized shipments that major shipping companies moved in February among 13 Asian economies grew 13.7% from a year earlier to 1.104 million TEUs. Exports from Japan to t...
15.04.08
FedEx to Acquire TNT for EUR 4.4 Billion
FedEx Corporation and TNT Express have announced that they have reached a conditional agreement on a recommended all-cash offer for all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of TNT Express for a c...
15.04.08
ILWU Delegates Recommend Tentative Pact to Dockworkers
International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Caucus delegates voted last week to recommend approval of the tentative agreement reached on February 20, 2015, between the union and employers re...
15.04.07
ACE Cargo Release Available Now at Rail Ports
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has said in its Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #15-000195 that all rail ports are now accepting Automated Commercial System (ACE) cargo release. From ...
15.04.07
China Expanding Integrated Customs Clearance Procedures
Starting from May 1, 2015, China's General Administration of Customs will integrate customs clearance procedures of ten customs sites in nine provinces along the proposed Silk Road Economic Belt fr...
15.04.06
Carriers to Raise Rates on Trades from Asia to S. America, Caribbean Sea
Shipping agreements covering trades from Asia to the Caribbean Sea and South America have announced their rate restoration programs effective May 1, 2015. Asia-West Coast South America Agreement (A...
15.04.06
Australian Panel Recommends Repeal of Liner Shipping Exemption
The Australian Government has released the Competition Policy Review Panel's Final Report for the so called ''Root and Branch'' review of Australia's competition legislation, the Competition and Co...
15.04.03
German Barge Operator to Levy Congestion Surcharge
Germany-based inland container barge operator Contargo will implement a congestion surcharge of EUR18.50 per loaded or empty container carried to or from the Port of Rotterdam, effective April 15, ...
