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10.08.06
Intra-Asia Box Traffic Increases 16% in First Half
Container shipments handled by major shipping lines on the trades between ten Asian countries and territories (Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapo...
10.08.05
China Set to Introduce Tariff Filing Regime for NVOCCs
In preparation for introducing a system shortly for making non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs) file tariff rates, China’s Ministry of Transport, which has unveiled a draft of the Impleme...
10.08.03
Planned Replacement of Rails for Gantry Cranes May Cause Congestion in Bangkok
Shippers and shipping lines may face congestion again at the port of Bangkok as the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) has announced a plan to install new rails for the gantry cranes for almost a ye...
10.07.29
New Cranes Now Operational in Bangkok
Work for replacing gantry cranes at Berths 20D/20E at the port of Bangkok and the subsequent process of around 10 days trial and acceptance had been completed and the normal operation of the new c...
10.07.29
Japan Expands Aid to Delhi-Mumbai Freight Rail Corridor Initiative
The governments of Japan and India have agreed on a yen loan of up to JPY1.616 billion (about US$18 million) for the second phase of India's railroad development project. India’s Dedicated Freight...
10.07.28
Top Five Box Ports Enjoys Double-digit Gains in 1st Six Months
The world’s top five container ports all enjoyed double-digit growth year on year in container throughput in the first half of 2010 (January-June), proving they were no longer under the influence ...
10.07.27
Japan's Trade Surplus Surges 41% in June
Japan's exports for June increased 27.7% to 5.866 trillion yen while imports rose 26.1% to 5.179 trillion yen, with trade surplus surging 41% from a year before to 687.0 billion yen (US$7.8 billio...
10.07.26
Liberia becomes the 138th Contracting Party to the Harmonized System Convention
On 26 June 2010, the Republic of Liberia deposited with the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized ...
10.07.26
Philippines and Kenya accede to the Revised Kyoto Convention
On 25 May 2010, the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Kenya deposited their instruments of accession to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Custom...
