News
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...
10.02.22
FMC Decides to Exempt NVOCCs from Tariff Publishing Requirement
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) voted Thursday to initiate a rulemaking that would relieve non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) from the costs and burdens of publishing in tari...
10.02.19
Japan-China Trade in 2009 Slumps for the First Time in 11
According to a report released recently by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan's total trade with China (imports and exports combined) fell 12.8% year-on-year to US$232.2 billion ...
10.02.19
Workshop Recommends Arab Countries to Sign Rotterdam Rules
A two days workshop hosted by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria, Egypt for more than two hundred government and industry delegates and experts adopted a...
10.02.17
New Road Cargo System to Be Implemented in Shenzhen
Hong Kong Customs is introducing a new Road Cargo System (ROCARS) in Shenzhen in March with 18 months of the transitional period before full implementation. The major functions of the ROCARS are t...
10.02.16
Carriers to Introduce New China 24-hour Rule Charge
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has announced it will apply an Advance Manifesting Surcharge of EUR20 or GBP20 per B/L for all shipments from the U.K, and Ireland to or via China, effective ...
10.02.16
Asia to Europe Box Traffic Shows Steady Growth in December
Container volume moving between Asia and Europe and the Mediterranean achieved the largest monthly volumes of the year on both eastbound and westbound legs in December. On the westbound trade from...
10.02.15
Saudi Port Authority to Revise Penalties on Un-palletized Cargo
The Saudi Port Authority will revise the penalty for any inbound cargo at Riyadh Dry Port which is un-palletized, to SAR 350 (US$94.5) per TEU and SAR 750 (US$202.5) per FEU, effective March 8, 20...
