Tag: exports

Australia’s agricultural exporters are losing business because of increasing shipping delays and costs, prompting fresh calls for tighter regulation of container carriers.

Israel’s environmental protection ministry decided to delay the implementation of a proposed oil exports transport deal with the United Arab Emirates, freezing a project that has angered environmentalists.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo recently announced that the region plans to launch a Japanese-funded deep sea port in an effort to boost auto exports.

Despite the COVID-19 major impacts on the economy, Port of Rotterdam managed to be fully operational amid the pandemic and achieved throughput of 218.9 million tonnes in the first six months of 2020.

The US experienced a decline in its exports of liquefied natural gas during the month of April, as U.S. LNG projects exported a total of 210.4 Billion cubic feet of LNG in March.

The Energy Information Administration reported that the US liquefied natural gas exports have dropped considerably in the week ending June 10 in comparison to the week before.

Amid COVID-19 crisis, National Retail Federation along with Hackett Associates issued the Global Port Tracker report, highlighting that U.S. retail container ports appear to be slightly easing from the pandemic.

International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) and World Port Sustainability Program issued their "Port Economic Impact Barometer" report for week 22 and 23.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic situation, Port of Antwerp marked a slight increase by 0.4% in its total cargo volume during the first four months of 2020, in comparison to the same period last year.

Following the COVID-19 situation, Port of Los Angeles marked a decline in its cargo volumes during March. In fact, the US busiest port managed to move 449,568 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), meaning a drop by 30.9% in comparison to the same period last year.