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14.08.06
Mombasa Achieves Double-digit H1 Cargo Growth
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) says cargo volumes at the Port of Mombasa rose by 12.8 percent in the first six months of this year on the back of ongoing expansion in capacity and enhanced efficiency ...
14.08.04
Myanmar Set to Build Dry Ports to Upgrade Containerization
In preparation for the kickoff of the proposed ASEAN Economic Community at in 2015, Myanmar's Ministry of Rail Transportation has laid out a policy to construct dry ports as well as to repair rail ...
14.08.01
Asian Dominates World’s Top 10 Container Ports
A ranking list of the world’s 10 leading container ports was recently made according to throughput in the first half (January-June) of this year. The two most busiest ports remained unchanged from ...
14.07.31
China Looks into Negative Freight Rates on China-Japan Trade
China’s Ministry of Transport is so deeply concerned about freight rates for services between the nation and Japan, which have gone negative for three months, or since May, that it recently launche...
14.07.30
Port of Tokyo’s H1 Trade Value Hits All-time High
The value of shipments handled at the Port of Tokyo in the first half of 2014 reached an all-time high. Exports and imports combined amounted to ¥8.351 trillion worth of foreign-trade cargo in the ...
14.07.28
Metro Manila Council to Quadruple Fines on Truck Ban
The Metro Manila Council is set to intensify controls against violations on truck ban from July 30, 2014. Fines for violations will be boosted to PHP2,000 from the existing PHP500. The truck regula...
14.07.28
LWU-PMA Contract Talks to Be Resumed August 4
The U.S. West Coast dockworkers union International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the management body Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have agreed to recess their ongoing talks from Ju...
14.07.24
Asia-Europe Containers Achieve New Record-high for May
Container movement from Asia to Europe soared 13.2% year on year to 1,367,027 TEUs in May. The Japan Maritime Center (JMC) said that Europe’s economic comeback and Asia’s robust economic performanc...
14.07.23
Container Exports from Japan to China down 13.3% in May
Japan exported 981,417 tons of containerized shipments to China in May, which plunged 13.3% from the corresponding month of 2013, according to a report released on July 16 by the Japan Maritime Cen...
14.07.22
1H Box Throughput at Singapore Grows 4.4%
In the first half of 2014 ocean cargo handled by the port of Singapore has increased by 7.2% year on year to 289.2 million tons, compared to 269.9 million tons in the same period in 2012. Container...
