Japan to PH container shipments up 1.9% in January

Intra-Asia container volume down 13.8% on-year

THE consolidated volume of containerized shipments that major shipping lines moved in January between Japan and 13 countries and regions in Asia plunged 13.8 percent from a year earlier, but the Philippines was among the few markets that saw growth, the Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (Jiffa) said on Thursday.