News
10.05.13
Transpacific Box Trades See Strong Recovery in February
Eastbound containers from Asia's 18 countries and territories to the U.S. surged 25.1% from a year earlier to 913,000 TEUs in February 2010, while westbound box traffic from the U.S. to Asia for t...
10.05.13
Successful Transpacific SC Deals Boost China’s Export Freight Index
China's export demand for container transport had remained at a high level in general in the week ended on May 7, with China Export Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) at 1120.46 points, basically ...
10.05.12
Asia to Europe Box Traffic Continues Strong Recovery
Container shipments moving from Asia to Europe continue rapid recovery from last year's market crash, soaring more than 20% during the first three months of the year. In the first quarter of 2010,...
10.05.11
China ? Korea Box Trade Makes Rapid Turnaround in 1Q
Containerized shipments traded between South Korea and China improved notably during the first quarter of 2010 (January-March), soaring 22% to 540,394 TEUs from the 442,865 TEUs handled in the sam...
10.05.07
IMO Adopts HNS Protocol That Would Boost Liability for Damage
A Protocol to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (HNS Convention) was adopted on...
10.05.06
Laos, Vietnam Ink JV Pact to Develop Vung Ang Port
Laos and Vietnam have signed a joint-venture agreement in Vientiane to establish the Vung Ang Lao-Viet Seaport Joint Stock Company which will develop and operate Vung Ang Port in the northern Viet...
10.04.27
Senegal Announces Adoption of ISPM No. 15 Standards
The Republic of Senegal recently has notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the adoption of the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (Revised 2009), the regulation of w...
10.04.26
Cranes Replacement Work Accelerates Berthing Delays in Bangkok
Amid the continuing installation work of new gantry cranes in Bangkok Port, berthing delays are prompting shipping lines to skip Bangkok or redirect their port of call to Laem Chabang. The constru...
10.04.23
Korean Lines Introduce New Container Imbalance Charge
Serious equipment shortages have prompted some South Korean lines to implement a new Container Imbalance Charge (CIC) to cover increasing costs for container inventory. The charge took effect from...
10.04.21
Box Traffic in China Increases 22% in Jan-Mar Period
The volume of shipments handled at Chinese ports during the first quarter (January-March) of 2010 was 1.81 billion tons, an increase of 22.2 percent from a year earlier, according to a report on t...
