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10.07.12
EU Set to Simplify Port Reporting Formalities
Ships entering and departing from EU ports will no longer be subject to complex, repetitive administrative formalities thanks to a new directive approved by Parliament on July 6. All member states...
10.07.09
Japan's Box Traffic Falls 14% in Fiscal Year 2009
Oceangoing container volume handled at Japan’s 64 ports totaled 14.76 million TEUs in fiscal year 2009 ended on March 31, 2010, down 14% from the previous year, according to statistics released by...
10.07.09
New Bill Introduced in US House to Allow 3PLs to Join C-TPAT
U.S. Congressman Bill Owens (Rep., D-NY) recently has introduced into the House of Representatives a bill ''to amend the SAFE Port Act to provide for the eligibility of certain third party logisti...
10.07.08
Box Traffic in South Korea on the Rise
Container volumes handled at South Korean ports in June totaled 1.692 million TEUs, up 25.8% from 1.345 million TEUs in the same period last year, according to statistics compiled by the Ministry ...
10.07.07
Chinese Customs Tightens Regulations on Duty-exempted Articles
In order to regulate the trade order of import and export and strengthen the management on the import and export samples as well as advertising articles, the General Administration of Customs of C...
10.07.06
Box Traffic from Japan to China Slips 2.6% in May
Container shipments between Japan and China in May increased slightly by 0.9% over the same period in 2009, to 223,807 TEUs, according to the Shipping Conference and General Administration (SCAGA)...
10.07.05
Port of Singapore to Handle 27.8 Mln TEUs in 2010
The Port of Singapore is seeing a cargo growth of 7.9% to 509.71 million tons this year, as world trade recovers and growth in 2011 will be at a more moderate rate of 4.4%, according to a report p...
10.07.05
Intra-Asia Box Traffic Continues Strong Growth in May
Container volumes between ten Asian countries and territories (Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia) totaled 1.125 million TEUs in ...
10.07.02
South Korea Predicts 73% Port Cargo Growth by 2020
South Korea's Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said ocean cargo throughput in the country will top the 1 billion mark by 2020. According to the prediction, South Korea's combined c...
10.07.01
Shippers Face Monthly Rate Hikes in Far East to Middle East, South Asia Trades
Shipping lines serving the trades from Asia to the Middle East and South Asia have announced guidelines of their rate restoration in the second half of 2010. The proposed rate hikes are as follows...
