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13.05.17
Japan-China Box Volumes Down in Both Directions in March
Exports of containerized shipments from Japan to China decreased year on year for two months in a row in March 2013, going down 2.4% to 1,188,632 tons, according to a report on container trade betw...
13.05.16
Container Volume in China Totals 59 Mln TEUs in Jan-Apr Period
A total of 15,737,100 TEUs of containerized shipments were handled at ports in China in April 2013, according to statistics by the nation’s Ministry of Transportation. For the first four months, b...
13.05.16
Box Throughput at Singapore Result in Slight Gain in Apr
The port of Singapore handled 2.628 million TEUs in April, up 1.15% from the same month in 2012, but a slight contraction compared with the March figure of 2.644 million TEUs, according to statisti...
13.05.14
Box Traffic at Shanghai Port Grows 4% in April
The port of Shanghai handled 2.827 million TEUs in April, up 3.97% compared with 2.719 million TEUs in 2012, according to statistics unveiled by Shanghai International port (Group) Co (SIPG). Accum...
13.05.14
Asia to Europe Box Traffic Wanes 7% in 1st Quarter
Container trade from Asia to Europe was sluggish in March 2013, decreasing 7.2% year on year to 1.1 million TEUs, according to Container Trades Statistics Ltd. (CTS) of the U.K. In contrast, contai...
13.05.13
TSA Recommends Spot Rate Hikes on May 21
Member carriers of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) recently agreed on a guideline for raising freight rates for services bound for the U.S. West Coast by US$400 per FEU and for other...
13.05.13
Global Export Container Traffic Falls 1.67% in March
Global economic prospects fell below expectations in March, signaling that the economic recovery, particularly in the Eurozone, remains bumpy and continues to be afflicted by complicated policymaki...
13.05.08
Hong Kong Dockworkers End 40-Day Strike
About 500 dockworkers in Hong Kong ended a 40-day strike on Monday, as they accepted a proposal by four contractors operating at Hongkong International Terminals to raise wages by 9.8%. The dockwor...
13.05.07
FE-Middle East, Red Sea Lines Move up Rate Restoration Schedules
Informal Rage Agreement (IRA) and Informal Red Sea Agreement lines, which cover trades from the Far East to the Middle East and Red Sea have announced they will accelerate their proposed rate resto...
13.05.02
China Export Container Transport Market Remains in Doldrums
China's export trades were in general in the doldrums last week. On April 26, the China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) issued by Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE), the representation of the whol...
