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10.04.06
Hong Kong's Road Cargo System on Trial Run from March 29
Hong Kong's Customs and Excise Department (C&ED) launched a trial run of the Road Cargo System (ROCARS) on March 29, an electronic system designed to facilitate customs clearance of road cargo...
10.04.05
Regulatory Reform Unit to Review Validity of Antitrust Immunity for Ship Lines
The government of Japan’s Council for the Promotion of Regulatory Reform will review, among others, antitrust immunity granted for ocean shipping lines and the general rule that requires delivery ...
10.04.01
Korea-China Box Traffic Dips for Two Consecutive Years
In 2009, 2,145,160 TEUs of local and feeder containers were traded between South Korea and China, a decrease of 12% from the 2,438,367 TEUs handled in the previous year, according to the Yellow Se...
10.03.25
Asia-US Lines Adhere to 2010/11 Revenue Program
Member carriers in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) concluded CEO-level meetings in Taipei with a positive but cautious assessment of the Asia-U.S. freight market going forward, fore...
10.03.25
European Liner Affairs Association to Be Wound-up in July
The European Liner Affairs Association (ELAA) is to be closed as its responsibilities transfer to the World Shipping Council (WSC) as of July 1m 2010. ELAA members at their meeting in Taipei, Taiw...
10.03.24
JETRO Surveys International Operations of Japanese Firms
The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has released the results of its latest annual survey on the international operations of Japanese firms. The survey, conducted between November and Dec...
10.03.23
US’s CBP Updates C-TPAT Mutual Recognition Program
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently has released the current status of its Mutual Recognition (MR) Program for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT). Mutual Recogn...
10.03.19
FMC Sets out Probe into Capacity and Equipment Shortages
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has initiated a Fact Finding Investigation into ocean vessel capacity and shipping equipment availability for U.S. exports and imports. Reflecting the w...
10.03.19
More Used Vehicles for Export from Japan Being Containerized
The containerization rate of used vehicles for exports from Japan rose 12.4 percentage points to 42.7% in 2009 from the previous year’s 30.3% though its export volume for 2009 tumbled 29.4% from a...
10.03.18
US's APHIS Updates Lacey Act Amendment
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has updated guidance on the Lacey Act, which enters implementation phase IV on April 1, 2010...
