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14.12.16
Tonnage Supply/Demand Balance Expected to Improve in 2016
Global container movement is projected to increase approximately 5% year on year in 2014 and 5 to 6% in 2015, according to a report released on Dec. 12 by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). By trade, it is...
14.12.15
Box Volumes at Shanghai Dip in November
Container throughput at the port of Shanghai fell slightly by 0.7% from a year earlier in November to 2.92 million TEUs, the first decline in this year. The world's busiest port handled 2.94 millio...
14.12.15
TSA Adopts PSS and January 15 GRI Guidelines
Member container lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) have announced a guideline peak season surcharge (PSS) of US$400 per 40-foot container (FEU) from Asia to all U.S. destinati...
14.12.12
Canada-Korea Free Trade Pact to Go into Effect January 1
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that the Canada - Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) will be implemented on January 1, 2015. With the exception of a few agricultural goods, t...
14.12.11
US Imports Shrinking As West Coast Issues Continue
With most holiday merchandise safely in the country despite significant congestion impacting West Coast ports, import cargo volume at the U.S.'s major retail container ports is expected to continue...
14.12.11
Thailand Launches Trade Information Gateway
Thailand's Department of Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Commerce has launched a website dubbed the ''National Trade Repository'' (NTR), an information gateway on the country's international trade ...
14.12.10
Japan/Philippines Conference to Slash Manila Surcharge
The Japan/Philippines Freight Conference (JPFC) has decided to adjust the current Manila Congestion Surcharge of US$7 per revenue ton downward to US$0.80 per revenue ton, effective January 1, 2015 ...
14.12.10
Box Traffic from Asia to US Sets Records in Oct.
Eighteen Asian economies exported a total of 1.372 million TEUs of containerized shipments to the U.S. in October, growing 9.4% year on year and establishing a new October record for the second con...
14.12.09
TSA Lines Refrain from Imposing Port Congestion Surcharges
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has been advised that the 15 ocean carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) have individually committed to forego imposition of a...
14.12.08
Japan-China Box Traffic Falls 3.1% to 864,423 tons in Sept.
Japan exported 864,423 tons of containerized shipments to China in September, which decreased 3.1% year on year, according to a report on container movement between the two Asian economies unveiled...
