June Trade Statistics: Import/Export Balance in the Black for the First Time in Two Months
Trade statistics (preliminary figures) for June released by the Ministry of Finance showed that exports totaled 7.2208 trillion yen (up...
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FedEx Forms Strategic Alliance with Indian Logistics Startup
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx, has invested $100 million (about 11 billion yen) in Indian logistics startup Delhivery to form a...
Marine Star is to establish a subsidiary, One World Logistics Japan
Marine Star (Osaka) plans to establish "One World Logistics Japan" as a wholly owned subsidiary in Japan this month. The new company will...
Korean Air Finalizes Proposed Integration Plan with Asiana Airlines
Korean Air (KAL/KE) has finalized its proposed merger (PMI) plan with Asiana Airlines (AAR/OZ). In November last year, Korean Air signed...
UAE's Jebel Ali port explodes while container ship is docked
A container ship docked at the port of Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the largest shipping hub in the Middle East, exploded...
CCFI Summary week 26
Europe (+3.9%), North America via West Coast (+1.6%), North America via East Coast (+3.0%), and South Korea (+1.2%) increased.
Container Shipping Rates Continue to Rise
The upward trend in container freight rates continues. After the cargo movement and freight rate hikes that occurred on North American...
ANA to Launch New Narita-Beijing Route with Cargo Aircraft
On July 2, All Nippon Airways (ANA/NH) will launch a twice-weekly round-trip service between Narita and Beijing using a Boeing 767 cargo...
Air cargo exporting from Japan results (May 2021)
Air Freight consolidation shipments from Japan in May totaled 88,829 tons (+85.9% y/y) and 221,845 cases (+34.9% y/y). The increase was...
Foreign Trade Containers at Six Major Japanese Ports Declines for First Time in Three Months in Apr.
According to the preliminary report on port statistics released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the...
Nippon Express Forms Business Alliance with Chinese Company to Strengthen Pharmaceutical Logistics
Nippon Express has signed a memorandum of understanding for a business alliance with Shanghai Sheng Sheng Logistics, which is engaged in...
New ZFG Air freight service to take off
ZFG Air, a cargo airline in the U.K., is launching a new air cargo business, scheduled to begin twice-weekly flights in late June, based...
Blockchain trade platform "TradeLens" expands in China
Maersk and IBM have started offering TradeLens, a platform for the shipping industry jointly developed using blockchain technology, in...
Forwarder Ranking in May 2021 (International Air Cargo Handling Volume)
The ranking of forwarders of international air cargoes originating from Japan for May 2021 has been revealed: Nippon Express in first...
AirAsia enters cargo flight business for the first time
AirAsia, a major player in Malaysia's low-cost carrier (LCC) group, will enter the cargo flight business for the first time. In addition...
Sea & Rail in the spotlight as ocean freight rates to Europe soar again
Demand is growing for an alternative service to Sea & Rail, which uses transcontinental cross-border freight rail from Russia and China...
DHL Express having an unusual weight limit
DHL Express has started to limit the weight of shipments from all over the world to the US. This was in response to a sharp increase in...
Nippon Express (China) and KMTC(Shanghai) MOU Aiming to Commercialize Door-to-Door Service
Nippon Express (China) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Koryo Shipping (Shanghai), the Chinese headquarters of Korea...
In the fiscal 2020, sharp recovery with a 7% increase in total imports and exports
According to the International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA), in the second half of fiscal 2020, exports totaled 996,446 TEUs...
Air cargo exporting from Japan results (April)
Air Freight consolidation shipments from Japan in April totaled 110,481 tons (+104.0% y/y) and 253,455 cases (+40.8% y/y). The weight...
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