Containerized export volume from Europe to North America reached 322,300 20-foot-equivalent units in March, its highest volume since July 2012 and the second highest volume in this lane since the JOC began collecting this data in January 2011, according to data from Container Trades Statistics, Ltd.
Africa
22 May 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Somali piracy is declining as more commercial vessels employ armed guards, foreign navies ramp-up security and courts dish out justice to offenders, but “progress is still fragile and reversible,” a State Department official warned yesterday.
21 May 2013
The U.S. and Tunisia have launched an initiative to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, boost trade and promote economic growth.
21 May 2013
The European Union has allocated €37 million (about US$47.7 million) for its Regional Maritime Security program to strengthen the fight against piracy in several Eastern and Southern African countries.
20 May 2013
Containerized export volume from Australasia/Oceania to South and Central America steeply declined in March 2013, according to data from Container Trades Statistics Ltd.
20 May 2013
Cosco Container Lines will increase rates for all shipments, including refrigerated cargo, on its trade from the Far East to South Africa, starting June 17.
17 May 2013
APL will boost rates for dry and refrigerated cargo in its trade from Asia, Australia, East Africa, the Middle East and West Asia to Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, starting June 1.
17 May 2013
Transnet has concluded a two-year wage agreement this week covering all of its employees in the bargaining unit, represented by the Satawu and Utatu-Sarhwu unions.
16 May 2013
Meridian Port Services container terminal in Tema, Ghana, is currently erecting five Konecranes rubber-tire gantry cranes.
16 May 2013
Containerized exports from Far East Asia to North America saw significant month-to-month and year-over-year jumps in March 2013, according to data from Container Trades Statistics, Ltd.
14 May 2013
Canada intends to deepen its trade and investment relations with Ghana, according to John Baird, Canada’s foreign affairs minister.
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