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13.12.05
Shipping Lines Unveil 2014 Business Plan for Japan-Australia Trade
Member Lines of the Asia - Australian Discussion Agreement (AADA) and Australian And New Zealand/Eastern Shipping Conference (ANZESC) have agreed to adopt the following rate restoration guideline i...
13.12.04
Japanese Trading Firms Foresee Continued Growth of Exports in FY2014
A Tokyo-based trade industry organization projects that exports of products from Japan will continue to grow on a customs-clearance basis in fiscal 2014 (April 2014-March 2015) thanks to the recove...
13.12.02
Shenzhen Set to Move up to World's 3rd Busiest Box Port
Shenzhen port is to overtake Hong Kong by container throughput in 2013 and believed certain to become the world's third busiest container port. Container traffic through Shenzhen totaled 21.271 mil...
13.12.02
IADA Lines to Increase Japan LCL THC on January 1
Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) lines are set to revise upward their Japan LCL THC level effective January 1, 2014. The revised LCL THC will be JPY2,200 per revenue ton from the current JPY1...
13.11.29
Cargo Throughput by JIFFA Members Grows 2.2% in Apr-Sept Period
A total of 48.009 million revenue tons of international multimodal cargoes were imported to and exported from Japan in the first half (April-September) of fiscal 2013, according to a report release...
13.11.28
IADA Announces Business Plan for Cargo to/from Japan
Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) member lines have unveiled their business plan for 2014 for shipments moving to and from Japan. Under the contract guidelines for 2014, IADA lines are recomme...
13.11.27
EC Opens Proceedings against 14 Asia-Europe Trade Carriers
The European Commission has opened formal antitrust proceedings against 14 container liner shipping companies to investigate whether they engaged in concerted practices, in breach of EU antitrust r...
13.11.26
More Than 60% of Japanese Firms in US and Canada Eye Business Expansion
From September 6, 2013 through October 18, 2013, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) conducted its latest surveys on Japanese-affiliated firms (manufacturers in the US and both manufactur...
13.11.25
156 Japanese Firms Make Inroads into Myanmar
As of the end of October 2013, a total of 156 Japanese companies had made inroads in Myanmar, according to Teikoku Databank, Ltd. (TDB). The number increased a remarkable 71.4% from a year earlier ...
13.11.25
Transpacific Carriers Seek $500 Rate Hikes in Two Stages
Transpacific container lines intend to pursue further revenue improvement to achieve financial viability and maintain service levels customers expect in the service-intensive Asia-U.S. market. As a...
