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13.01.29
Completion of Panama Canal Expansion One Year behind Schedule
Completion of the Panama Canal Expansion will be delayed by one year to mid-2015 instead of the original deadline of mid-2014 as the program is only 50 percent complete to date. According to the P...
13.01.28
NACCS Agrees with South Korean Service Provider
Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc., known as NACCS, has recently concluded a business agreement with Korea Trade Network Co., Ltd. (KTNET). The South Korean service provider...
13.01.24
Japanese Consolidated Airfreight Exports down 9.1% in 2012
Japanese freight forwarders handled 912,367 tons of consolidated airfreight in 2012, according to a report compiled by the Japan Air Freight Association (JAFA). Decreasing 9.1% year on year, the t...
13.01.24
Freight Rates from South Korea Go up in Mid-January
All-in freight rates for container services from South Korea to North America and Europe both picked up in mid-January 2013, anticipating that freight movement will increase until the Chinese Spri...
13.01.22
Indonesia Issues Regulation on Import of Cellular Phones, Handheld Computers, Tablet Computers
Indonesia's Ministry of Trade has issued Regulation 82/M-DAG/PER/12/2012 about the provisions for import of cellular phones, handheld computers, and tablet computers. According to the minister, c...
13.01.18
Japan's Transport Ministry Orders Grounding of Boeing's Dreamliners
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) issued a technical circular directive (TCD) in the wake of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's emergency airworthiness...
13.01.18
Shanghai Leads World's Container Port Rankings
The world five busiest container port rankings for 2012 remained unchanged according to recent cargo statistics announced by major ports. Shanghai took the lead for the third consecutive year hand...
13.01.17
Global Container Cargo Continues to Slip in November
Containerized shipments exported from all overseas ports in November 2012 fell by another 3.6% compared to October, down to 10,093,700TEU, or 4.32% compared to the same month in 2011, according to...
13.01.16
Shipments from China on the Rise in Preparation for Holiday Season
China's export container transport demand continued to rise in the week ended January 11. The China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) for the week was 1122.36 points, up 1.1% from the previous we...
13.01.15
Container Throughput at South Korean Ports Set Records
It is estimated that a total of 22.497 million TEUs of containerized shipments were handled at South Korean ports in 2012, according to the nation’s Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affair...
