Foreign Trade
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    Indian exporters hit hard by higher air freight rates

    04-30-2010
  • Exporters across India are being subject to higher air shipment costs following price increases by all airlines, including state-run flag carrier Air India. The rate hikes, up 15 to 30 per cent, are largely viewed as a ..
  • Klaip?da port regains leader position

    04-29-2010
  • Klaipėda port (Lithuania) is gradually regaining its leader position among the ports of the Baltic States. The first quarter of this year allows for optimistic forecasts: the port succeeded in maintaining high growth rat..
  • Trade flows via Magadan Port up 42%, to 121ths tons in Q1

    04-29-2010
  • The first-quarter freight volumes via Magadan Commercial Sea Port jumped 42% from the same period last year to 121,000 tons, RIA Sever DV reports referring to the Magadan Statistics data. In Jan.-Mar. Port of Magadan ha..
  • Russian ports to see a 3-7% gain in container trade this year

    04-29-2010
  • Container volumes at Russian ports may rise by 3-7% this year over 2009's numbers, PortNews IAA reports quoting Sergey Semenov, Director of Business Development of MorStroyTehnologiya, who was speaking at TransRussia-201..
  • Abu Dhabi Ports awards $81m contract

    04-29-2010
  • Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has awarded a major procurement and construction contract worth over US$81 million to Larsen and Toubro for its flagship project at Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone (KPIZ) in Taweelah. The..
  • Evergreen and Coscon to split services

    04-29-2010
  • To meet market demand, Evergreen Line and Coscon will divide the existing Far East and South Africa/East Coast South American (ESA) service, which is operated jointly by both carriers. The new routes effective mid-May 20..
  • Taicang port adds the fourth service to Japan

    04-29-2010
  • Taicang port, 64 kilometres up the Yangtze from Shanghai, has opened a fourth Japan service linking itself to Tokyo, Yokoama and Nagoya and operated by Chongqing Marine Shipping. The weekly service, deploying two 670 TE..
  • South Korean ports see first quarter trading increase

    04-28-2010
  • Port shipments handled at 29 trading ports in South Korea in the first quarter of 2010 surged 12.3 percent from the same period a year before to 281 million tonnes, the Maeil Business Newspaper reported. Pyeongtaek-Dang..
  • Dalian's first quarter volume up 19.6pc to 1.2 million TEU

    04-28-2010
  • Northeastern China's port of Dalian lifted 1.2 million TEU during the first quarter of this year, up 191,000 TEU or 19.6 per cent more than the same period in a year ago, Logistics Week reported. Domestic trade cargo ac..
  • Asian airlines recovering with March cargo up 33.1pc

    04-28-2010
  • Statistics from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) are pointing to signs of a sustained cargo demand recovery in March, recording a 33.1 per cent annual increase in freight-tonne kilometres. Freight capacit..