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11.04.05
Haneda Airport Halves Landing Fees for Cargo Flights
Effective April 1, 2011, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has reduced by 50% the landing fee for international cargo flights at Haneda International Airport, in a...
11.04.05
Ex-Shanghai Freight Levels Up in US, Japan Trades
The China containerized transport market as a whole remained almost unchanged last week, with a slight swelling in ocean cargo demand. On April 1, the China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) issu...
11.04.01
Intra-Asia Container Traffic Grows Slightly in January
Combined volume of containerized shipments transported by major shipping companies on the intra-Asia trade - or among 12 Asian countries and regions - was not very favorable in January 2011. On a ...
11.03.30
Earthquake Relief Goods Push up China ? Japan Freight Index
Container volumes exported from China did not increase very much during the week from March 19 to March 25, while container freight rates went down slightly, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exc...
11.03.28
Box TradeIntelligence Eyes 6.1% Asian Box Trade Growth in 2012
TradeIntelligence, the U.K.'s container shipping research company, announced that the intra-Asia trade will be over 22 million TEU in 2012, achieving a 6.1% compound average growth rate (CAGR) fro...
11.03.18
Dockworkers Suspend Planned Strikes, Place Top Priority on Recovery
Japan Harbor Transportation Association (JHTA) and All Japan Dockworkers’ Union (JDU) agreed Thursday to shelve their annual spring wage hike negotiations. The dockworkers' union announced they wi...
11.03.17
Asia-US Container Traffic Increases 15.4% in 2010
In 2010, the volume of containerized shipments exported to the U.S. from Japan and 17 other Asian economies increased 15.4% from a year earlier to 13.806 million TEUs, which was nearly as much as ...
11.03.16
Northern Japanese Ports Immensely Damaged, No Prospects for Reopening
Earthquake-ravaged container ports are dealing with the damage they suffered from the recent catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit many municipalities in northeastern Japan. At the Port of...
