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24.02.05
Average NCFI More Than Doubles in Jan.
The composite Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) averaged 1,612.6 points in January 2024, up 76.3% from December 2023 and 123.6% from January 2023, according to the Ningbo Shipping Exchange ...
24.02.02
Container Throughput at Tokyo Ports Down 10% in Oct. ’23
The Port of Tokyo handled 352,680 TEUs of foreign-trade containers in October 2023, down 10.3% year on year, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG)’s Bureau of Port and Harbor. As for...
24.02.01
Singapore’s JIT Platform Extended
The Just in Time Planning and Coordination Platform (JIT Platform) has been enhanced since January to become available for tankers berthing at the energy terminals and to all vessels calling at the...
24.01.31
Asia-Europe Container Exports Increase in Nov. ’23
Outbound containers from Asia to Europe increased 8.8% year on year to 1.27 million TEUs in November 2023, a year-on-year increase for nine months running, according to statistics compiled by the J...
24.01.30
NCFI Decreases for 2 Weeks Running with Lunar New Year Approaching
The composite Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) closed at 1,566.3 points in Week 4, according to the Ningbo Shipping Exchange (NBSE). Spot rates for container exports from Ningbo-Zhoushan d...
24.01.29
5 Organizations: Parts of Legal Framework of EU Customs Law Requires Improvements
As part of a reform of the legal framework in European Union customs law initiated by the European Commission last spring with a specific proposal, the European Shippers' Council (ESC), the Europea...
24.01.26
Port Transport Svcs. to be Placed Under Economic Security Act
General port transport services that are provided under terminal operation systems will be included in the core infrastructures of the Economic Security Promotion Act, the Ministry of Land, Infrast...
24.01.25
Foreign-Trade Containers to/from Yokohama Increase in Oct. ’23
The Port of Yokohama handled 245,031 TEUs of foreign trade containers in October 2023, up 2.3% from a year earlier, according to the city of Yokohama’s Port and Harbor Bureau. The total volume of c...
24.01.24
SCFI Rises 1.5% in Week 3
The composite Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) stood at 2,239.61 points in Week 3, growing 1.5% from the previous week and trending up for eight straight weeks, according to the Shanghai...
24.01.23
Japan’s US-Bound Container Exports Plunge in Dec.
Japan’s container exports to the U.S. amounted to 48,645 TEUs in December (based on volumes at ports of origin), down 16% year on year, according to Descartes Datamyne. From the previous month, the...
