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14.03.10
Indonesia Encourages Shippers to Use CIF Instead of FOB
Effective March 1, Indonesia's Department of Finance is encouraging exporters to use the cost, insurance and freight (CIF) terms of delivery instead of the currently prevailing free on board (FOB) ...
14.03.07
CBSA Publishes eManifest Regulatory Amendments
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has recently published proposed eManifest regulatory amendments. eManifest is a transformational initiative by the CBSA aimed to enhance cross-border commer...
14.03.06
More Japanese Businesses Expanding Presence into Southeast Asia
Japanese enterprises are still highly ambitious for making inroads into other countries, according to the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). More companies are now positive about increasing...
14.03.06
Korea-China Mutual Box Carriage on Trailers to Cater to Lianyungang
South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) reached agreement last week with Lianyungang, China to extend the mutual traffic of sea-land intermodal freight cars network bet...
14.03.04
Port of Kobe's Box Throughput for 2013 Ends Almost Flat at 2.55 Mln TEUs
The preliminary volume of international and domestic containers handled at the Port of Kobe in January 2013 remained nearly unchanged from a year earlier, going down a minute 0.6% to 2.552 million ...
14.03.04
Japan-China Trade Value for 2013 Dips for 2nd Straight Year
The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) said in its survey report unveiled Friday that Japan’s total trade with China dropped 6.5% to US$311.995 billion in 2013, down for the second consecuti...
14.03.03
World Trucking Body Warns Russia over Illegal Inspections
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) said it had warned Russia of potential withdrawal of TIR guarantee coverage on Russian Federation territory unless Federal Customs Service stops its ill...
14.02.27
South Korea Sets Target Box Throughput of 24.41M TEUs for 2014
South Korea has set a target container throughput for 2014. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries projects the nation will handle a total of 24.41 million TEUs of containers this year, which would i...
14.02.24
China-wide Port Box Traffic Rises 5.2% in January
China ports container movement posted a 5.2 percent year-on-year increase in throughput nationwide to 16.56 million TEUs in January. Seaports handled 14.91 million TEUs of containerized shipments, ...
14.02.20
Asia to US Box Trade Expands 3.5% to 13.85Mln TEUs in 2013
A total of 1,107,494 TEUs of containerized shipments were traded from 18 economies in Asia to the U.S. in December 2013, growing 10.5% from a year earlier and representing a year-on-year improvemen...
