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10.03.09
Intra-Asia Container Volume Soars 31% in January
Container shipments moving between ten Asian countries and territories (Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia) excluding mainland C...
10.03.08
Sri Lanka to Require ISPM Compliance on Wood Packaging
Sri Lanka is implementing ISPM No. 15 regulations concerning wood packaging materials on March 8, 2010. The regulation on imported wood packaging materials will be implemented six months later on ...
10.03.08
Asia-US Box Trade Turns the Corner But Yearly Volume Dips 15%
Containerized shipments from Asia's 18 countries and territories to the U.S. made a turnaround in December 2009 for the first time in 27 months, with a year-on-year increase of 2.5% on volume of 9...
10.03.04
Japan Agrees Y467 Mln Aid for Uzbekistan's X-ray Scanning
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Japan signed on an official document on March 1 for providing a grant aid of \467 million to Uzbekistan for anti-terrorism and other security efforts. Loc...
10.03.04
Carriers Update Situations in Chilean Ports
All Chilean ports, within the most affected areas, are still evaluating their technical and operational capabilities with a view to resume operations as soon as possible, according to Chilean nati...
10.03.02
Japan - Netherlands Customs Cooperation Pact Takes Effect Mar 1
The customs cooperation agreement between Japan and the Netherlands took effect today. For Japan, the Netherlands is the 19th partner of this sort of the treaty. The Agreement Regarding Mutual Adm...
10.03.01
WTSA Lines to Raise US-Asia Rates April 1
Container shipping lines in the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA) are recommending a further general rate increase (GRI) on ocean cargo moving from the U.S. to Asia. Effective...
10.02.26
EU Report Kicks against US's 100% Container Scanning
A recently published European Commission Taxation and Customs Union report which presented the results of studies on the impact of the US 100% scanning law has concluded that the US requirement fo...
10.02.25
US Shipper's Body Asks FMC to Help Them Clarify China's Rate Filing Rule
U.S.'s National Industrial transportation League (NITL) has asked the Federal Maritime Commission to obtain additional information regarding the ocean carrier rate filing requirements implemented ...
10.02.24
South Korea Sees Decline in Container Trades with China and Japan
Containerized shipments traded between South Korea and China totaled 2,145,160 TEUs, in 2009, representing a decrease of 12 percent from a year earlier. In breakdown, those from South Korea to Ch...
