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14.05.12
China to Shift NVOCC Supervision to Local Governments
China's Ministry of Transport announced last Wednesday that it intends to shift its non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) administrative privileges to local governments in a bid to further im...
14.05.09
Kenya's Electronic Single Window System Goes Live
Kenya has launched the Kenya National Electronic Single Window System (KNESWS), marking the beginning of a new era towards electronically automated cargo documentation processes which should improv...
14.05.08
Vietnam Outlines New Conditions for Shipping Business
The Vietnamese government has announced Decree No. 30/2014 titled ''Decree on Conditions for Sea Shipping and Sea Shipping Support Service Business'' which provides conditions for sea shipping serv...
14.05.07
Intra-Asia Box Volumes Grow 3.6% in Q1
The combined volume of containerized shipments that major shipping companies carried among 13 Asian economies in the first quarter of 2014 increased 3.6% year on year from 3.339 million TEUs to 3.4...
14.05.02
China's Box Throughput Increases 5.5% in March
Ports in China, including Yangshan Deep Water Port, posted a 5.5 percent year-on-year increase in container handling to 16.321million TEUs in March. Seaport throughput grew 6.5 percent to 14.763 mi...
14.05.02
Japan Inks Y4 Bln Grant Pact with Myanmar for Customs Modernization
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a grant agreement (G/A) with the Government of Myanmar to provide grant assistance of up to a total of 3.96 billion yen for assistance f...
14.04.30
Vietnam-Cambodia Border Bridge in Service in July
Construction of the Tan Nam-Mon Chay Bridge, linking border areas between Vietnam and Cambodia will be completed soon and open to traffic in July this year. The project to build the bridge, connect...
14.04.28
IRA Lines to Advance Japan Rate Hike to May 15
The Informal Rate Agreement (IRA), which covers the trade to/from ports in Asia including Japan and ports in the Arabian and Iranian Gulf, has recommended its members to advance a planned rate rest...
14.04.25
China-wide Q1 Port Box Traffic Rises 5.5% to 4.56 Mln TEUs
China's nation-wide ocean cargo totaled 2.62 billion tons in the first three months of the year, up 5.2% over the same period last year. The growth rate shrunk by 4.9 percentage points from the pre...
14.04.25
Saudi Still Requires Pre-shipment Radiation Inspection
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Commerce and Industry has clarified that they will continue to conduct the radiation inspection for the imported goods coming from Japan prior the issuance of a certifica...
