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13.02.26
Clerical Workers at LA-LB Ports Ratify Labor Contracts with Employers
Office clerical workers president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit (OCU) agreed last week to ratify the terms of tentative agreements reached on Dec...
13.02.26
IADA Confirms Rate Restoration of $150/TEU April 1, 2013
As part of their Japan Business Plan for 2013 announced in November 2012, the Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) has a rate restoration of $150 per TEU, effective April 1, 2013. The recommenda...
13.02.22
Japan-China Trade Sees Decline in 2012 for First Time in Three Years: JETRO
Converting yen-denominated statistics for imports (preliminary) and exports (revised) released by Japan's Ministry of Finance in January 2013 to US dollars, the Japan External Trade Organization (...
13.02.21
Letter Urges US Action on Rotterdam Rules
U.S. trade groups recently have urged their government to speed ratification of an international convention on transportation contract known as the Rotterdam Rules. The rules, formally named the U...
13.02.20
Box Traffic at Hong Kong Falls Slightly in January
The Hong Kong Port Development Council (PDC) has announced the latest container throughput of Hong Kong port (estimates) and provisional throughput statistics of Kwai Tsing container terminals. Co...
13.02.18
Intra-Asia Containers down 4.7% to 14.8 Million TEUs in 2012
Dry and reefer containers transported by major shipping companies among Japan and 11 other Asian countries and regions increased 4.7% year on year to 14.802 million TEUs in 2012, accounting for ap...
13.02.18
Global Box Trade Grows 7% in December
Global containerized cargo exports climbed 6.9% in December from the previous month to 10,764,400 TEUs, thanks to a surge of exports from Asia, according to the U.K.'s Container Trades Statistics ...
13.02.14
Japan ? China Trade Remains Stagnant in November
Exports of Japan exported 988,459 tons of containerized shipments to China in November 2012, falling 1.4% year on year from 1,002,455 tons, according to a report released by the Japan Maritime Cen...
13.02.14
Used Cars Exports from Japan Hit Record High in 2012
Japan exported 1,009,755 secondhand automobiles in 2012, according to the International Auto Trade Association (iATA). Surging 17.1% from a year earlier, the total number reached an all-time high....
13.02.13
Asia to US Container Traffic Suffers Double-digit Decline in Nov
Exports of containerized shipments to the U.S. from Japan and 17 other Asian economies plunged in November 2012, according to a report recently unveiled by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC). Eastbo...
