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Daily fee for import cargo, the new measure to ease California congestion

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will begin assessing a surcharge to ocean carriers for import containers that dwell on marine terminals in an effort to improve cargo movement amid congestion. Under t...

NVOCC, the underrated service provider in global logistics

Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC or NVO) or sometimes called Box Operators are those carriers who offer port to port services similar to Main Line Operators (MLO), by issuing their own Bill of lading,...

Ever Given docks in Qingdao for repairs until late October

The famous 20,000TEU container ship, Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal for around a week in March disrupting the global supply chain, has reached east China's coastal city of Qingdao, docking at a port's...

ZIM starts new Asia – South America service

The Israeli shipping line ZIM has launched a new service called Ase, connecting Asia with South America. The new monthly service provides a direct connection between South China and South America with the fo...

Hapag-Lloyd confirms rates increase cessation

Hapag-Lloyd is the second container carrier that announces the suspension in rate increases, following CMA CGM's decision to halt all spot rate increases until 1 February. "We believe that spot rates have pe...

MSC pushes up rates from South Africa to Europe

The Swiss shipping company MSC will apply new freight rate increases for shipments travelling from South Africa to Europe, which will be effective from 11 October. In particular, the Geneva-based liner opera...

Antwerp, Hamburg and Rotterdam the main hubs for cocaine entry in Europe

Belgium and the Netherlands have surpassed Spain as the primary gateways to Europe for cocaine trafficking, according to Europol statistics. The European police agency's assessment shows that criminal organi...

Long Beach reports busiest August of all time

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) marked its strongest August on record and broke monthly cargo records after 13 months, driven by the peak shipping season. Particularly, the second busiest port of the United St...

COSCO could surpass CMA CGM as third largest container line

China’s COSCO group could overtake French carrier CMA CGM as the third-biggest container line if the latter does not acquire more ships. COSCO now has 2.97 million TEU of total operating capacity, compared w...

Chittagong port’s box handling shot up

Container handling by the Chittagong port increased significantly in August compared to July as global trade rebounded. In August the port handled a total of 251,888TEU, while 228,188TEU were moved through t...

Container spot rates surge across major trades

Spot container freight rates have jumped by 30% over the last two weeks as demand rebounds ahead of the peak season....
Hapag-Lloyd launches real-time container tracking tool

Hapag-Lloyd has launched real-time container tracking on most of its nearly 3 million strong fleet. Michele L...
ONE delays restart of Asia – US East Coast service due to Red Sea crisis

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has postponed the reinstatement of its East Coast 4 (EC4) service connecting Asia and the ...
ONE sets out 2025 Transpacific service network

Ocean Network Express (ONE) to deploy 16 transpacific service starting from February 2025 as Hapag-Lloyd exits The A...
Port of Los Angeles container volumes up 60% in Feb

The Port of Los Angeles continued it bounce back in volumes handling 60% more containers in February 2024 than it di...

Difference between telex release and express release

Ningbo-Zhoushan launches ship-to-ship LNG bunkering

eManifest – New Regulations for shipments to Canada (effective January 4th, 2021)

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QUY ĐỊNH KHAI BÁO eMANIFEST CHO HÀNG ĐI CANADA

Basic process of customs procedures for imported goods