News
13.05.28
Box Volumes Handled by JIFFA Members Top 90 Mln TEUs in FY2012
Members of Japan International Freight Forwarders Association Inc. (JIFFA) transported a total of 46.465 million tons of international multimodal cargoes to and from Japan in the second half of fis...
13.05.27
Export Container Shipping Market from China Remains Week
The downward trend dominated China export box market last week, worsening supply-demand picture in the market and applying downward pressure on freight rates generally. The China Containerized Frei...
13.05.24
CBP Set to Integrate Trade Security Programs
U.S.'s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will create the Trusted Trader program which will involve a unification of the current Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and Importer S...
13.05.24
Israeli Customs to Introduce ''24-Hour Rule'' on July 1
The Israeli Customs Authority will implement its own version of the Entry Summary Declaration (ENS) known as ''24-Hour Rule'' on July 1, 2013. The purpose of this new regulation is to allow Israeli...
13.05.23
Brazil Approves Port Reform Bill to Enhance Efficiency
The Brazil Congress has approved a port reform bill which will modernize and expand its overcrowded ports, opening the door to private investments and permitting the construction of privately-owned...
13.05.22
NACCS Co-Hosts Information Session on Advance Filing Rules in China Again
Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc. (NACCS Center), a provider of a system dedicated to electronic customs clearance of air/sea cargo, held information sessions regarding Adva...
13.05.21
Intra-Asia Box Traffic in Q1 Grows 4.8% to 3.48 Million TEUs
Container traffic on the intra-Asia trade was steady in March 2013, improving 5.3% year on year to 1.303 million TEUs. In the first three months (January-March), throughput increased 4.8% to 3.483 ...
13.05.20
Russian Railways Launches Express Container Service via TSR
Russian Railways has launched a new regular express container service, the Trans-Siberian Railway In Seven Days, in cooperation with OJSC TransContainer, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, and the V...
13.05.17
40-Day Dock Strike Drags down Hong Kong’s Box Traffic for April
Container throughput at Hong Kong plunged by 12.2% year on year in April to 1.734 million TEUs due mainly to slowdown of operations at the port caused by a 40-day labor strike at the Kwai Tsing Con...
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...
