“Enabling Game Changing Strategies for Supply Chain Management” is the theme for this year’s conference. This is the 7th year that this world event is held in the Asia Pacific region and an attendance of 250 delegates is expected. The Guest of Honour is Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, Speaker of Parliament, Singapore. There will be an update on the new ve...
IFLN’s 15th Annual Conference will be held between the 1st and 4th of June at Kuala Lumpur’s Shangri-la Hotel, one of the most luxurious in Kuala Lumpur, ideally located in the center of the city’s commercial district. The program will be structured differently than in the past giving Members ample opportunity to interact with colleagues from the Netw...
Hanjin Shipping is making a further step to become a global total logistics company. The company is enlarging its size by aggressively investing in fleet and promoting shipping/logistics related businesses, which are expected to become the next drive forces of the company. Expanding bulk line business through aggressive investment As the f...
For the third year in a row, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment was short-listed for a maritime award. This year they were short-listed for their new dual chute evacuation system, the VEDC, designed to be flexible enough to cope with the increased vessel tilt and list factors on the world's largest passenger carrying vessels. The wider the vessel, the bigge...
The region's first boutique-style logistics area that focuses on re-export and logistics activities will soon open in Bahrain. It is poised to attract companies looking to set up in the Bahrain Logistics Zone (BLZ). A tenant attraction and screening process was defined to ensure a mix of local and international tenants and provide the foundation...
FedEx Corp. on Friday lowered its earnings guidance for its fourth quarter due to the escalating price of oil and weak U.S. economy. The Memphis, Tenn.-based company now expects its earnings for the three months ending May 31 to be in the range of $1.45 to $1.50 per diluted share, compared to the previous forecast of $1.60 to $1.80. Since we provi...
The American Trucking Association last week repackaged several longstanding proposals into a new plan to address pressure on the trucking industry from spiraling fuel costs and environmental concerns about global warming. The trade group said its initiative could reduce fuel consumption by 86 billion gallons and carbon dioxide emissions by 900 million...
Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport decreased in April 2008 as compared to April 2007. In April 2008, the Airport served 775,205 passengers, a decrease of 9.6% when compared to the April 2007 passenger traffic count of 857,484. Commercial Carrier flight operations decreased 6.4%, while Commuter Carrier (air taxi) operations decreased 28.5...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi