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13.09.10
Trans-Siberian Container Traffic Increases 4% in H1
The Coordinating Council on Trans-Siberian Transportation (CCTT) has unveiled the container volume via Trans-Siberian Railway totaled 801,361 TEUs in the first half of 2013, representing a 4.2% inc...
13.09.09
Maritime Groups Urge IMO to Address Misdeclared Container Problem
The four international maritime organizations of BIMCO, the World Shipping Council (WSC), the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) h...
13.09.09
CTB, NACCS Launch Tests on Advance Filing Rules
The Ministry of Finance (MOF)’s Customs and Tariff Bureau (CTB) and Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc. (NACCS) jointly held seminars on Sept. 2, 2013 in Yokohama and the following day in Toky...
13.09.05
Busan Transhipment Boxes Total 5 Mln TEUs in Jan-July
The Port of Busan in South Korea handled a total of 10,316,793 TEUs of containerized shipments in the first seven months (January-July) of 2013, increasing 3% year on year, according to the Busan P...
13.09.04
ILWU Set to Sever Formal Ties with AFL-CIO
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the dockworkers' union on the West Coast of North America, has decided to cut formal ties with the American Federation of Labor and Congress ...
13.09.03
NACCS Signs Service Provider Pact with Malaysian Provider
Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System a.k.a NACCS concluded service provider agreement with Malaysia's Dagang Net Technologies Sdn Bhd on August 29, 2013 to enable shipping lines and ...
13.09.02
South Korean Line to Launch Arctic Sea Route Test Run
South Korea's Hyundai Glovis, the logistics unit of Hyundai Motors, is set to embark on cargo transportation via the Arctic sea route for the first time as a Korean undertaking. The first experimen...
13.09.02
Box Traffic at South Korean Ports Rises 3.2% in July
Cargo traffic at South Korea's seaports totaled 111.09 million tons in July, sown 2.8% compared with 114.33 million tons recorded in the same month last year. Container volumes in the country rose ...
13.08.30
TSA Lines Set to Raise Minimum $100/FEU on Westbound Leg
Transpacific container lines have announced they intend to pursue revenue improvement to restore rate levels which have dwindled during the slack period in the summer. Transpacific Stabilization Ag...
13.08.30
Carriers in Asia to Central and South America Trade Focus on Rate Hikes in Sept
Waning traffic on the container trade from Asia to Central and South America under the downward economic pressure in Brazil and other contiguous economies has prompted shipping lines on the trade t...
