News
11.02.21
WTSA Lines Announce Rate Hikes for Selected Commodities
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA) has unveiled a rate increase plan for both dry and refrigerated cargoes which will take effect on March 15 and April 1, 2011 as follows: D...
11.02.18
FMC Gives Nod to Tariff Exemption for NVOCCs
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has decided to lift rate-tariff publication requirements for Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers (NVOCC) to reduce regulatory burdens and bring cost sav...
11.02.16
Iraqi Customs Introduces New Import Rules
Iraqi Customs Authorities have implemented the following rules for all import shipments to Iraq effective February 15, 2011, according to shipping line sources. Under the new rules: All non-levi...
11.02.15
French Dockworkers Call off Strikes Tentatively
French dockworkers have called off their strikes planned across the weekend after CGT (Confederation Generale du Travail or General Confederation of Labor ) agreed to resume talks with port author...
11.02.14
German Rail Mechanics Set to Stage Strike in End-February
Unionized rail mechanics of Germany's Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivfuhrer (GDL) plan to stage a strike later this month over employment terms. The strike action which was adopted at the Executi...
11.02.10
Containerized Exports from Asia to Europe Rise 18％ in 2010
Container Trade Statistics Ltd. (CTS) of the U.K. recently released a report on container movement on the Asia/Europe trade in 2010. Westbound container shipments from Asia to Europe increased no...
11.02.09
Transpacific Lines Predict 7-8% Demand Growth in 2011
A group representing container shipping lines serving in the transpacific trade predicts cargo demand in the trade from Asia to the U.S. will grow in the 7-8 percent range for 2011, a bit lower th...
11.02.09
Asia to U.S. Box Traffic Keeps Double-digit Growth in Nov
In November 2010, 1.116 million TEUs of containers were traded from Japan and 17 other Asian economies to the U.S., according to the Japan Maritime Center (JMC). Thanks to the briskness in the Ch...
11.02.07
River Rhine Reopens for Cargo Traffic
The River Rhine reopened last week to shipping in both directions for the first time since January 13 when a barge chartered by BASF SE carrying sulfuric acid produced by the company capsized on a...
11.02.03
IADA Unveils 2011 Business Plan for Reefer Cargo
The Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) has adopted a reefer business plan for 2011 for its members' consideration. Details of the plan are as follows: Effective April 1, US$100 per TEU to/fr...
