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22.05.26
IMO Amends FAL Convention, Mandating Single-Window Data Exchanges
The International Maritime Organization (IMO)'s Facilitation Committee has adopted amendments to the Facilitation (FAL) Convention, which will make the single window for data exchange mandatory in ...
22.05.26
Intermodal Containers Grow 10.9% to 100.2 Bln. TKM. In 2021
In 2021, containers were moved in Europe in railway-based intermodal transport 500,000 times, up 8.1% from the previous year, according to the International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (...
22.05.25
Japan-China Cont. Trade Down 8.7% Outbound, 1.1% Inbound in March
Containerized shipments exported from Japan to China in March waned 8.7% to 877,107 tons, incurring their first year-on-year contraction in two months, according to trade statistics unveiled by the...
22.05.25
SCFI Mostly Stable Due to Recovery in Demand
The market for container exports from China rebounded on a small scale in Week 20, thanks to the gradual easing of the lockdown in Shanghai and the recovery of operations at factories and ports. Th...
22.05.25
JICA, Indonesia Sign Loan Agreement of \70.2 Bln. for 2nd Patimban Development
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) recently signed a loan agreement with the government of Indonesia to provide a Japanese ODA loan of up to some \70.2 billion (US$551.78 million) fo...
22.05.24
Japan-U.S. Container Exports Decline 0.8% in April
Container exports from Japan to the U.S. amounted to 55,503 TEUs in April, based on volumes at ports of destination, according to American trade data provider Descartes Datamyne. From the previous ...
22.05.24
Kobe's Container Lifting Swells 6.7% to 198,875 TEUs in March
The Port of Kobe handled 198,875 TEUs of oceangoing containers in March, up 6.7% from the corresponding month of last year, according to preliminary statistics unveiled by the Kobe City Government'...
22.05.24
FIATA Releases Paperless B/L
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) has brought its members a pragmatic solution to move from paper documents to paperless FIATA BLs, which can be issued directl...
22.05.23
LA Port's Container Throughput Falls 6.3% to 887K TEUs in April
The Port of Los Angeles handled 887,357 TEUs of containers in April 2022, down 6.3%, incurring its first year-on-year contraction since December of last year but having the second-best April in its...
22.05.23
Int'l Containers to/from Nagoya Decrease for 1st Time in 15 Months in April
The Port of Nagoya handled a total of 209,010 TEUs of loaded and empty export and import containers in April, going down 7.4% and registering its first year-on-year loss in 15 months since January ...
