Hong Kong throughput down 6% for 2009
03-11-2010
- Total port cargo throughput in Hong Kong decreased by six percent in 2009 over a year earlier to 243 million tonnes - from this inward and outward port cargo dropped by five percent and nine percent to 139.3 million tonn..
Evergreen and CSCL link for China - SE Asia service
03-11-2010
- The slew of new intra-Asia services seen in 2010 continues. Evergreen Line and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) will launch a new joint service, the China-Philippines-Thailand Express Service (CPT) effective mid-Mar..
Ningxia aims for 43 million tonnes of rail cargo this year
03-11-2010
- Chinese inland region of Ningxia has received the task assigned by the Lanzhou Railway Administration to achieve an annual rail cargo movement of 43 million tonnes by the end of this year.
The target is nine million ton..
Fujian to increase customs clearance simplification on all tra..
03-11-2010
- Southeastern China's Fujian province is to become the first in China to widen the coverage of its simplified customs clearance to both imports and exports effective March 15, Logistics Week reported.
The simplified serv..
South Korean ports return to pre-crisis levels
03-11-2010
- Cargo handling through ports in South Korea shot up in February, recovering to the volume shown before the economy was battered by the global financial crisis, Yonhap reported.
Cargo traffic in the country rose 1.1 perc..
Port of Yingkou container volume soars 41pc
03-10-2010
- Northeastern China port of Yingkou lifted a total of 309,000 TEU in January, a robust increase of 41 per cent compared to the same month in the preceding year.
The Liaoning provincial port in East Bay on the Gulf of Chi..
Beijing aims at a logistics cargo value of CNY7 trillion in 20..
03-10-2010
- Beijing government has announced the city's logistics industry development scheme which has set a target of CNY7 trillion (US$1.03 trillion) by 2011 for the total value of cargoes using logistics service, Logistics Week ..
Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand link added by Maersk's MCC
03-10-2010
- MAERSK's MCC Transport, the Danish shipping giant's intra-Asia unit, will offer direct service between Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand from March 23 by extending its IA-5 Service to China and Japan.
This means add..
French logistics firm posts growth
03-05-2010
- Bollore Africa Logistics, a unit of French diversified holding company Bollore, has booked a revenue growth of seven percent in 2009 to US$2.5 billion, Les Echos reported.
The logistics operator also managed to gain a m..
DHL Supply Chain to invest US$46 million in Hong Kong
03-05-2010
- Logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL has announced plans to invest HK$360 million (US$46.4 million) to expand its operations in Hong Kong into a single, multi-user facility for DHL Supply Chain to cater to growing demand.
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Tianjin Port's expects throughput to hit 400m tonnes in 2010
03-04-2010
- Tianjin Port Group, the largest port operator in North China, is expected to handle 400 million tonnes of cargo this year, chairman Yu Rumin told China Knowledge Press.
The company's cargo throughput was 380 million ton..
Qingdao Port sees strong start to 2010
03-04-2010
- Qingdao Port, China's second-largest foreign trade port, said it expects a steady rebound in volume in the first half of the year, although throughput has yet to return to pre-financial crisis levels.
The port's cargo t..