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22.06.07
USDA Begins to Make Payments for Agricultural Exports from WC Ports
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a program to make direct payments to farm producers shipping overseas. It is available to exporters using container ports in Oakland, Seattle ...
22.06.07
TMG, TPTC to Begin Using Renewable Power in July
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG)'s Bureau of Port and Harbor and Tokyo Port Terminal Corporation (TPTC) will on July 1 introduce renewable energy-based virtually CO2-free electricity at the ...
22.06.06
Container Lifting at China's 11 Major Ports Increase 5%
Chinese ports were operated smoothly and efficiency in May, the nation's transport ministry said earlier this month. The 11 international hub ports handled a total of 17.76 million TEUs of containe...
22.06.06
Singapore Trade Data Exchange Goes into Operation
The Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex), a public-private initiative, has gone into operation. Relevant efforts began in 2021, in which the government of Singapore is taking the initiative. SG...
22.06.03
Cont. Trade Between S. Korea, 8 Other Asian economies Shrinks 5.3% in April
Container trade between South Korea and eight other countries and regions in Asia shrank 5.3% to 345,700 TEUs in April from 365,100 TEUs a year earlier. There was a year-on-year contraction for thr...
22.06.03
Port of Karachi's PICT handles Exports from Uzbekistan for 1st Time
Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI)'s business unit operating in the Port of Karachi, achieved a landmark by facilitating the f...
22.06.02
FMC Makes 12 Recommendation Based on 2-Year Investigation
Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye has released a final report for Fact Finding 29, “The Effects of COVID-19 on the U.S. International Ocean Transportation Supply Chain”, a two-year investigation involvin...
22.06.01
Ex-Shanghai Cont. Rates Increase for 2 Straight Weeks on ME, SA, Europe Routes
The market for container exports from the Chinese port of Shanghai slightly picked up in Week 21. The lockdown in the city of Shanghai was being gradually lifted, while ports were operated at 90% o...
22.06.01
Gothenburg Port Has More Railway Svc. Links to Northern Cities
A new container railway service has been commenced between northern Sweden and the Port of Gothenburg. It links Umea, which is rapidly growing with massive exports and the briskness of local energy...
22.05.30
Ship It Zero Urges 5 Carriers to Stop Investing in Fossil Fuel-Powered Ships
Ship It Zero has sent an open letter to shipping companies to tell them to stop ordering ships running on fossil fuel and invest in zero-emission technologies and fuel. The shipping companies inclu...
