News
11.02.02
Riots in Egypt Shut down Port Said
The Egyptian port of Port Said was closed for operations due to anti-government riots in the country. The port, the fourth largest city in the country and the second most important port after Alex...
11.02.02
Egypt Update
As of February 1 (local time), the Suez Canal is operating normally but container operations in major ports (Alexandria, Port Said, Damietta, and Sokhna) are closed and cargo operations have been ...
11.01.31
South Korea's Box Volume for 2010 Achieves All-time High
Port container traffic in South Korea has risen by 18.3% from in 2010 from the previous year's 16,341 million TEUs to record 19.329 million TEUs. It is a 7.8% increase from 2008, when cargo volume...
11.01.28
French Dockers Poised to Walk off Jobs Friday Again
The CGT (General Confederation of Labor), French dockworkers union, has called for their third round of weekend strikes this year at French ports again from Friday this week. The four-day work sto...
11.01.27
French Dock Strike Ends, But Further Stoppages Expected
French dockworkers returned to work on Monday after a four-day strike. The industrial action was called for by the CGT (General Confederation of Labor) which represents French dockworkers. The un...
11.01.25
Saudi Arabia to Require Stricter Conditions of Stored Drugs
Saudi Arabia's Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) recently has announced that a temperature monitoring device be placed and activated inside all containers loaded with pharmaceutical products from the...
11.01.21
French Dockworkers to Launch Strikes This Weekend
French ports will be again affected by dockworkers' strikes organized by the trade union CGT (General Confederation of Labor) which called for another 24-hour strikes by dockworkers on January 21 ...
11.01.20
<br /> China Export Container Market Slightly Down
Demand for exporting containerized shipments from China was stable in the second week of January 2011, and as a consequence, freight rates fluctuated moderately. The China Export Containerized Fre...
11.01.20
TSA Set to Accelerate 100% Air Cargo Screening Deadline
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to require the air cargo industry to screen all air cargo carried on passenger aircraft bound for the U.S. by the end of 2011, well ahea...
