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13.04.24
South Korean Lines Announce Rate Hikes for Korea/Japan Services
Members of the Korea Nearsea Freight Conference (KNFC) catering to the trade between South Korea and Japan will raise their base rates for services on the trade by US$50 per TEU and $100 per FEU on...
13.04.23
Xiamen Customs to Go Paperless on Trial from May
Xiamen Customs and Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau are set to implement a pilot program for paperless customs formalities for export and import goods from May 1, 2013. The move aims to cut ...
13.04.19
Japan's Used Cars Export Grows 3.9% in February
Exports of used automobiles amounted to 83,970 units in February 2013, increasing 3.9% from a year earlier, according to the International Auto Trade Association (iATA). From a month earlier, they ...
13.04.18
Container Lifting up 8.2% to 43.64 Million TEUs in China in Q1
Ports in China handled a total of 43,640,700 TEUs of containerized shipments in the first quarter (January-March) of 2013, increasing 8.2% from a year earlier, according to a report recently compil...
13.04.18
Shanghai Leads World's Box Traffic Rankings with Steady 3.6% Gain in Q1
Container throughput in the first quarter (January-March) of 2013 at the world’s three leading container ports was recently unveiled. The Port of Shanghai in China was the busiest container port in...
13.04.18
Dockworkers Strike in Hong Kong Enters into 3rd Week
Dockworkers strike at Hongkong International Terminals entered into its third week on Wednesday and workers are escalating their demonstrations if their wage hike demands are not met. On Wednesday,...
13.04.16
Box Throughput at Indian Ports Remains Almost Flat in FY2012/13
Container traffic at India's 12 major ports totaled 7.708 million TEUs in fiscal year 2012/2013 (April 2012-March 31, 2013), representing a slight decline of 0.91% compared to 7.779 million TEUs in...
13.04.15
Global Container Traffic Slips 5.2% in February
Global containerized exports in February fell by 13.98% compared to January, down to 9.05 million TEUs, representing a 12-month low and, furthermore, a contraction of 5.19% compared to February 201...
13.04.15
Pending ILA/USMX Contract Receives Overwhelming Approval
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) has said that the six-year Master Contract, negotiated by the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and ILA was approved by ILA members at ports ...
13.04.12
Intra-Asia Container Traffic Dips 5.5% in February
Container movement on the intra-Asia trade was sluggish in February 2013, decreasing 5.5% year on year to 999,000 TEUs. Exports from Japan to 11 other Asian economies declined 1.47% to 155,000 TEUs...
