News
10.06.24
New Gantry Cranes to Be Operational in Mid-July in Bangkok
Work is ongoing to replace gantry cranes at two berths at the Thai port of Bangkok’s Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) Terminal. It is expected the project will be completed around July 15, accordi...
10.06.23
Container Shortages Trigger Sharp Increases of New Boxes
Container shortages have reached critical levels, with lines blaming the shortage on 'exceptional' high demand which developed since the Chinese New Year in February, said French shipping consulta...
10.06.17
China's Box Traffic Sets Monthly Record in May
Container volumes handled at Chinese ports totaled 12.439 million TEUs in May, representing a 21.9% increase over the same month in 2009 amidst a strong 49% increase in the nation's foreign trade....
10.06.15
US Retail Container Traffic to Be Up 15 Percent in June
Import cargo volume at the U.S.'s major retail container ports is expected to be up 15 percent in June compared with the same month a year ago, and double-digit increases should continue into the ...
10.06.14
IRA Lines Set to Increase Rates from July 1
Informal Rate Agreement (IRA) lines, which provide service on the trade between Asia and the Middle East, plan to implement an emergency rate restoration of $250 per TEU and $500 per FEU for shipm...
10.06.11
JIFFA Members Handle 73 Million TEUs in FY2009
The Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA) announced that its 380-plus members handled a total of 69.613 million TEUs in the fiscal year ended on March 31, 2010. The figure, ex...
10.06.11
Iran Port Authority Urges Prompt Pick-up of Hazardous Cargo
The Iran Port and Maritime Organization (PMO) has issued a circular stating that effective June 5, 2010, all the container agents are requested to submit a warranty letter to PMO container affairs...
10.06.10
Mexico Customs Requires Tax ID of Consignee for AMS
Effective June 1, 2010, Mexico Customs made it mandatory to add Tax Identification numbers (Tax ID) of shipper, consignee, and notifying party to the information to be filed under the Advance Mani...
10.06.10
Haiphong Port Faces Serious Reefer Cargo Backlogs
Vietnam's northern gateway port of Haiphong has been seriously affected by backlogs in a reefer container yard. A carrier says the import reefer containers are now much more than the yard capacity...
10.06.09
Asia to Europe Box Traffic Rises 25% in April, Freight Index Tops 2008 Level
Westbound container shipments from Asia to Europe saw a double-digit increase of 25.2% from a year earlier in April 2010, totaling 1.099 million TEUs, according to statistics by the European Liner...
