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10.11.30
FMC Expected to Unveil Soon Final Rules for NVO Tariff Filing Exemption
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is expected to announce within a few weeks the final rules which would exempt non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) from tariff filing requiremen...
10.11.29
Carrier Report Sees Supply-Demand Gap Narrow
The world's container throughput is expected to grow from a year earlier in 2010 thanks to the recovery of the global economy, according to a report compiled recently by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK)'...
10.11.26
Busan, Shandong Ports Tie up for Creation of Northeast Asia Hub
Busan Port Authority signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday with the four Shandong province ports of Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai and Rizhao for the creation of Northeast Asia Distribution Hub...
10.11.25
China Opens NVO Tariff Filing Center in Shanghai
China's Ministry of Transport (MOT) has opened a tariff filing center for Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCC) in Shanghai and thus is set to implement officially a NVOCC tariff filing sch...
10.11.18
CPR Announces Embargo on Perishable Box Traffic in Canada in Xmas Season
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) will embargo all export / import marine containers conveying perishable traffic effective 1700hrs local time on Friday the 17th of December 2010 through 0001hrs loca...
10.11.16
Saudi Arabian Customs Beef up Palletization Requirements
The government of Saudi Arabia has placed a requirement to use pallets for import shipments bound for Jeddah and Dammam. If cargoes destined to the ports are not palletized, fines of SAR300 per T...
10.11.15
APEC Seeks to Cut Logistics Cost for Cheaper Trade in Region
Foreign and trade ministers from the 21 economies Asia-Pacific region announced Thursday a joint statement called the ''Yokohama Vision'' after concluding a two-day meeting of the Asia-Pacific Eco...
10.11.12
Eastbound Transpacific Container Traffic on the Wan
Zepol Corporation, the a Minnesota-based trade intelligence company, has reported that U.S. import shipment volume for October from ten Asian countries and territories (China, South Korea, Hong Ko...
10.11.10
US Retail Box Traffic Expected to Slow in 4Q
Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is continuing to wind down as the year comes to an end but is nonetheless expected to be up 9 percent in November over the same mon...
10.11.09
Major Dutch Ports Set to Reward Clean Ships
As of 1 January 2011, the Dutch ports of Amsterdam, Moerdijk, Dordrecht and Rotterdam will be rewarding clean ocean-going vessels with discounts on their port dues. This involves vessels which sco...
