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Container xChange released its mid-year container market forecaster, which delves into container price developments in H1 and offers a market outlook for H2. "As we move into July, we're seeing a continued rise in freight rates, container prices, and leasing rates,...

PUTRAJAYA: The Transport Ministry is finalising regulations regarding the issuance of bus driver cards, says Minister Anthony Loke (pic). "In fact, this issue was raised to us a month ago, and we have approved the issuance of the bus driver cards subject to some...

KOTA KINABALU (July 5): The sudden imposition of port congestion surcharge by shipping companies for containers imported into Kota Kinabalu has incurred the displeasure of the business community. A shipping company has announced an increase of the Kota Kinabalu Port...

PUTRAJAYA: A national shipping policy will be introduced to guide the local shipping sector in exports and imports, and create new job opportunities, announced Transport Minister Anthony Loke. He said that the proposal for this policy was raised during the meeting of...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has never prevented any company from investing in the country but remains firm in its stance not to allow Israeli-owned companies to conduct their activities here, Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said. In fact, the firm stance...

Congestion at the Port of Singapore has gotten so bad that 90 percent of container ships are arriving at the site later than scheduled, Singapore’s transport minister Chee Hong Tat told the country’s parliament on Tuesday. According to Chee, 77 percent...

The Malaysian government will begin accepting applications for subsidy refunds for recipients of the subsidised diesel control system 2.0 (SKDS 2.0) from July 1, the ministry of finance has announced. The SKDS 2.0 subsidy facility is offered exclusively...

GEORGE TOWN, June 29 — The government, through the Skill Development Fund Corporation (PTPK), is allocating RM10 million this year for seafarers to improve their knowledge and skills, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook. He said this reflected the...

he land connection that links Singapore to Johor is now one hundred years old. The Causeway has had an eventful century, as it witnessed the passing of the steamship era, survived the travails of World War II, and accompanied both Malaysia and Singapore to...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has seized 106 containers of dangerous electronic waste over the last three months and busted an illegal waste import syndicate after a tip-off from a watchdog group, a minister said. Tens of millions of tons of e-waste are produced globally...