Japan
agosto 15, 2018
Upcoming EID Holidays
Our colleagues in the Middle East have advised us that businesses will be on holiday from August 21 to 25, 2018 because of local holidays in Qatar in observance of Eid Al Adha. Customers should plan shipments accordingly and check…
READ MORE >agosto 14, 2018
Registration Period for Food and Medical Device Facilities Approaching
U.S. and foreign food and medical device facilities that do not properly renew their registrations with the Food and Drug Administration can be locked out of the U.S. market. Renewals for both types of facilities are due this year starting…
READ MORE >agosto 9, 2018
Drewry Expects Container Throughput to Increase
According to Drewry’s latest five-year container port demand forecast, volumes are set to increase on average by just under 6% a year. This would add 240m teu to global container port throughput by 2022 – 45m teu a year – “broadly equivalent to the size…
READ MORE >julio 11, 2018
Hong Kong and Japan Experiencing Operational Delays
Customers with cargo movement in Asia, particularly Hong Kong and Japan, should be aware that we are currently seeing delays due to several factors: 1) Nippon Cargo Airlines’ suspended flight operations since June 17, which are just now slowly starting…
READ MORE >julio 5, 2018
Ocean Carriers Announce Plans to Enhance Asia-Australia Service
The size of container vessels calling at the port of Melbourne looks set to dramatically increase after Cosco, OOCL and ANL revealed plans to enhance their joint Asia-Australia service (the Loadstar).
READ MORE >junio 15, 2018
Maersk to Launch Weekly Asia to Canada Route
Maersk Line will launch its own weekly all-water service from the Far East to Montreal and Halifax.
READ MORE >junio 14, 2018
ONE Receives First New Container Vessel
Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) has taken delivery of its first new container vessel, the 14,000 TEU ONE Stork. According to ONE, the ship was built at the Kure Shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation and features the Japanese…
READ MORE >mayo 3, 2018
Outlook Positive for Container Shipping Profitability
Despite overcapacity fears and recent container spot rate erosion, analysts have a positive outlook on profitability for container shipping this year, according to the Loadstar
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