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10.05.25
Part of South Africa's Transport Workers Union Still Striking
Transport workers strike in South Africa did not end as expected as the majority of the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (SATAWU) members stood against ratification of the 11 perc...
10.05.25
Philippine Customs Requires Inspection Certificate on Bulk Cargo Imports
All bulk and break bulk cargo imports bound for the Philippines will have to undergo pre-shipment inspection in origin countries by international bulk and break bulk cargo surveying companies and ...
10.05.24
IADA Set to Introduce Reefer Japan THC on August 1
Member Lines serving within the Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) have adopted a recommendation to apply the Reefer Japan THC (both import and export) of JPY34,000 per TEU and JPY48,000 per F...
10.05.21
South Africa's Transport Workers Return to Work
South African transport workers unions and their employer Transnet, South Africa's largest transport company, agreed on a conciliatory wage hike proposal submitted by the Commission for Conciliati...
10.05.20
US Retail Box Traffic Expected to Continue Double-digit Increases
Import cargo volume at the U.S.'s major retail container ports is expected to be up 10 percent in May with double-digit increases expected into this fall as the U.S. economy improves, according to...
10.05.19
TSA to Implement Peak Season Surcharge
Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) lines have announced guidelines for a Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) on U.S. bound cargo excluding Puerto Rico, effective June 15, 2010. The following PSS w...
10.05.19
No End in Sight for South African Strike
A strike by South African port and freight-rail workers which went into the second week on Monday continued through Tuesday and they are set to intensify the walkout over wages in the wake of the ...
10.05.17
Japan/China Container Volume on the Rise in March
Container trade between Japan and China achieved a steady 6.5% growth with a total of 256,823 TEUs in March led by bullish demand for exports from Japan, registering the sixth year-on-year monthly...
10.05.14
Striking South African Transport Workers Cripple Nation's Cargo Traffic
South African transport worker unions have gone into a strike after breakdown of the wage-hike negotiations with the employer Transnet, South Africa's largest transport company, throwing national ...
10.05.13
Asia to Europe Container Volume Surges 20.4% in 1Q
Westbound container trade from Asia to Europe enjoyed a 20.4% increase in the first three months of 2010 totaling 3.12 million TEUs, according to statistics released by the European Liner affairs ...
