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14.04.07
Japan Agrees on 18 Bln Yen Loan for Paraguay Project
Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has announced that it signed an Exchange of Notes with Paraguay concerning a yen loan for the Eastern Region Export Corridor Improvement Project. The tota...
14.04.04
Intra-Asia Container Trade Grows 2.5% in February
A total of 979,000 TEUs of containerized shipments were traded among 12 Asian countries and regions in February 2014, which increased a mild 2.5% from the corresponding month of 2013. Exports from ...
14.04.03
Japan to China Box Traffic Declines 9.8% in February
Container movement from Japan to China decreased year on year in January 2014, according to a report released by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC) on March 27. The report indicated that exports from ...
14.04.03
Vietnam Customs Introduces Electronic Customs Clearance
Vietnam Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System and the Vietnam Customs Information System (VNACCS/VCIS) has been officially put into force paving the way into the nation’s new electronic one-...
14.04.02
Transpacific Eastbound Box Trade Grows 7% in January
The volume of containerized shipments moved eastbound from Asia to the U.S. increased 7% year on year to 1,264,762 TEUs in January 2014, breading the previous monthly record set in October last yea...
14.04.02
Logistics Performance Gap between Countries Persists
The gap between the countries that perform best and worst in trade logistics is still quite large, despite a slow convergence since 2007, according to a new World Bank Group report. This gap persis...
14.04.01
Vancouver Port Truckers End 28-day Strike
The governments of Canada and British Columbia and Port Metro Vancouver have reached agreement with members of Unifor and the United Truckers Association to end the 28-day trucker work disruption a...
14.04.01
Transpacific Eastbound Box Trade Grows 7% in January
The volume of containerized shipments moved eastbound from Asia to the U.S. increased 7% year on year to 1,264,762 TEUs in January 2014, breading the previous monthly record set in October last yea...
14.03.28
Carriers Announces Asia-West Coast South America Rate Restoration
Member Lines of the Asia-West Coast South America Agreement (AWCSA) have have announced their rate restoration program effective April 15, 2014 at a level of US$500/TEU applicable to the trades fro...
14.03.27
Congo Becomes 3rd State to Ratify Rotterdam Rules
With its ratification of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, known as the Rotterdam Rules, the Republic of Congo has become t...
