News
10.04.14
Asia to Europe Container Volume Surges 55.5% in February
Westbound container trade from Asia to Europe enjoyed a 55.5% surge in volume in February 2010 totaling 968,000 TEUs, compared with 617,920 TEUs for the same period last year, according to statist...
10.04.08
US Retail Container Imports Continue to Rise
Import cargo volume at the U.S.'s major retail container ports is expected to be up 8 percent in April compared with the same month a year ago, and solid increases are expected to continue through...
10.04.07
Box Traffic in South Korea Increases 20% in February
Container throughput at South Korean ports totaled 1.587 million TEUs in March, up 19.6% compared 1.327 million TEUs for the same period in 2009, according to the Ministry of Land Transport and Ma...
10.04.07
Intra-Asia Container Volume Increases 21% in February
Container shipments between ten Asian countries and territories (Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia) excluding mainland China an...
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...
