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13.07.23
EU Auditors Consider Its Modal Shift Programs Ineffective
European Unions' Marco Polo programs, which aim at shifting freight away from the roads, have been ineffective and should be discontinued in their current design, according to a new report from the...
13.07.22
Israel's New 24-Hour Rule only Involves FROB Cargoes
Israel's a new rule in the 24-hour Advanced Manifest Regulation introduced on a trial basis by the nation's Customs on July 1 only applies to cargoes that remain onboard the vessel when calling an ...
13.07.17
Container Traffic in China Grows 8.3% in First 6 Months
A total of 16,040,090 TEUs of containerized shipments were handled at ports in China in June 2013, up 9.4% from the same month last year, according to a report compiled by the nation’s Ministry of ...
13.07.16
China Set to Levy VAT on Transportation Service
China's Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation recently has issued an official document, announcing the implementation of a pilot program levying a Value Added Tax (VAT) of 6% on ...
13.07.16
Hong Kong Introduces New Air Cargo Regulated Agent Regime
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department (CAD) has announced that enhancements will be made to their air cargo security regulated agent regime (RAR) effective July 15, 2013, in accordance with securit...
13.07.12
US, ROK Ink MOU on Supply Chain Security
US, ROK Ink MOU on Supply Chain Security U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano had been in Seoul, Republic of Korea to meet with senior Korean officials to discuss global supply chain s...
13.07.11
CTS's May Data Shows Recovery in Container Volume
Global trades have continued to grow in May raising hopes that a sustainable containerized volume recovery could finally drag the industry out of the current downturn, according to statistics from ...
13.07.10
Box Traffic at Shanghai Almost Flat at 2.77 Million TEUs in June
Container volumes handled at Shanghai Port totaled 2.77 million TEUs in June, almost flat compared with the same month in 2012 but down 5.7% from 2.94 million TEUs registered in the previous month....
13.07.09
Intra-Asia Container Trade Rises 6% in May
A total of 1.254 million TEUs of containerized shipments were carried among 12 Asian economies in May 2013, increasing 6% from a year earlier. From Japan, 173,000 TEUs were exported, surging 15%, w...
13.07.05
United States Ready to Ratify Rotterdam Rules
The Rotterdam Rules seem to have now cleared a significant hurdle on their way to the formal international rules on maritime carriage of goods. The United States State Department has completed its ...
