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13.10.07
Judicial Affairs Committee Briefs on JIFFA’s New Renewed Shipping Documents
Japan International Freight Forwarders Association Inc. (JIFFA) held a briefing session in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013 on new transport documents that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2014. The association’s ...
13.10.04
US Cargo Flow Remains Uninterrupted Despite Government Shutdown
On the second day of the government shutdown in the U.S., cargo flow remains uninterrupted and, while little impact has been seen at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) frontline, most of ...
13.10.03
China Gives Nod to Its Carrier's Use of Foreign Flag Ships
China's Ministry of Transport has allowed Chinese shipping lines to use foreign flag vessels for transhipment of export/import containers in coastal trade between Shanghai and other open ports in C...
13.10.01
Guinea-Bissau Becomes 25th State to Sign Rotterdam Rules
Guinea-Bissau signed the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, known as the Rotterdam Rules, at UN headquarters in New York on Sept...
13.09.30
Thai Customs to Replace Gold Card with AEO License
Thai Customs is replacing the Gold Card License with the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) license effective October 1, 2013. Under the Gold Card scheme, importers/exporters with good record and r...
13.09.27
Chile Issues Phytosanitary Requirements
Chile's Agriculture and livestock Service (SAG) has issued Phytosanitary requirements for vessels entering the country to prevent Asian Lymantria dispar and Japanese Lymantria dispar, or Gipsy Moth...
13.09.26
Flood Forecast System for Chao Phraya Now Operational in Thailand
A flood forecast system for the Chao Phraya River basin has been operational in Thailand since Sept 20. The system is funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). In Thailand , more...
13.09.26
IMO Sub-Committee Approves Verification of Container Weights
The International Maritime Organization's Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC), at its 18th session, adopted a requirement to verify container weights, a proposed am...
13.09.25
FMC Expresses Concern Over China's New VAT
During its closed meeting last week, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) discussed China's new regulations on implementation of a nationwide value added tax (VAT) on international transporta...
13.09.24
Think Tank Revises Japan's Cargo Transport Forecasts for FY2013
Oceangoing containerized shipments imported to and exported from Japan are anticipated to total 12.669 million TEUs in fiscal 2013 (April 2013-March 2014), growing 2.9% year on year, according to a...
