THE volume of containers handled by China's ports, excluding Hong Kong, declined by 11.2 per cent in the first five months of the year to a total of 45.8 million TEU, compared to the same period a year earlier. This comes as leading ports and carriers operating in Asia suffered double-digit declines. In May, China 's ports handled a total of 10.2...
THE US has filed its first unfair trade complaint against China before the World Trade Organisation, alleging that Beijing limits the export of fuel and other materials needed to make steel and aluminum, reported The Associated Press. "Dialogue is preferred, but despite raising this issue with China repeatedly, China has not changed," said US tr...
US CUSTOMS has failed to protect an already tattered American textile industry from importers who dodge tariffs, textile manufacturers told a congressional committee. Dan Nation, representing the National Council of Textile Organisations, told the House Small Business Committee that a lack of customs enforcement in North American Free Trade Agreem...
OAKLAND 's port authority plans to ban trucks that do not meet higher pollution standards on diesel fuel exhaust emissions. "We are taking an aggressive position - that only cleaner trucks will serve our seaport," said Victor Uno, president of Oakland 's Board of Port Commissioners. "The Port of Oakland is balancing its economic respons...
DSV, Scandinavia 's leading trucking and logistics group, has abandoned plans to take joint control of short sea shipping line DFDS, after European anti-trust legislators scrutinised the deal. The European Commission, the EU's executive, said last week it would begin a comprehensive analysis of the deal after an initial investigation indicated it ...
TUESDAY's enews carried an item about a report by Dutch consultant Dynamar, which should have reported a 24 per cent drop in container services between Far East and the Mediterranean rather than saying they had been cut by half. There were 17 such services in operation as of early June, with 166 ships deployed on those routes compared to 280 a year...
THE US International Trade Commission voted four-to two that China has been flooding the US market with inexpensive tyres, resulting in a "disrupted" American tyre market. The ITC is now expected to devise a countervailing measure against China to the Obama administration, but the president is under no obligation to impose it. The ITC ...
DHL has signed a new contract with the global technology NCR Corporation for DHL Supply Chain to manage a new 15,000 square feet service parts hub in Hong Kong and provide express and freight transportation throughout Asia Pacific, to support a network of NCR's warehouses. Until now, service parts replenishment in the region for the NCR's product p...
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