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12.12.11
JFTC Predicts Japan’s Current Account Surplus to Increase in FY2013
Exports from Japan are projected to increase year on year in fiscal 2013 (April 2013-March 2014) thanks to the turnaround of the global economy, according to a Tokyo-based industry group of tradin...
12.12.06
South California Ports Labor Contract Talks Settled
At around 10:30 p.m., on December 4, local time, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union （ILWU） Local 63 Office Clerical Unit （OCU）, which represents about 800 clerical workers and the...
12.12.04
US, Taiwan Sign Mutual Recognition Agreement
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) have signed a mutual recognition arrangement concerning the supply ch...
12.12.04
Labor Action Keeps Paralyzing Dock Operations at South Californian Ports
Due to labor action, seven container terminals at the Port of Los Angeles are not in operation as of Sunday, Dec. 2 (local time). Those terminals include China Shipping (Berth 100), Yang Ming (Ber...
12.12.03
TSA Lines Pursue Further Rate Recovery in December
Asia-U.S. container lines continue to resist downward pressure on rates in the early days of their 2013-14 contract negotiations. To establish a more compensatory rate baseline for contracts that ...
12.11.30
TSA to Integrate WTSA to Cut Administrative Costs
The members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) have filed an amendment with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) that would expand TSA's scope to include the entire transpacif...
12.11.29
Japan-Australia Carriers Adopt 2013 Business Plan
Member lines of the Australian And New Zealand/Eastern Shipping Conference （ANZESC） and Asia Australia Discussion Agreement （AADA） have adopted their business plan for 2013 for shipments from ...
12.11.29
JIFFA Members Handle Record 46.96 million Tons in 1st Half of FY2012
In the first half of fiscal 2012 （April-September）, 46,966,000 revenue tons of international multimodal transport cargoes were transported to and from Japan by Japan International Freight Forwar...
12.11.28
Global Container Tonnage Rises 7% in 2012 Outpacing Cargo Growth: NYK Report
Global container movement is expected to grow a mere 3% to 4% year on year in 2012, according to a report released on Nov. 22 by Nippon Yusen Kaisha （NYK）’ Research Group. In 2011, container thr...
