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GERMANY's DHL Global Forwarding has opened a new office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, that aims to serve the local textile and garments industry as well as the oil and energy sector. "The new office reflects our commitment to expand our reach in the region and to continually invest in Cambodia," said Amadou Diallo, chief executive officer, Africa and South A...
A CNY70 billion (US$10.6 billion) logistics centre for agricultural products is to be built in Guangdong province's Zhongshan city, Xinhua reports. The facility is invested by a Jiangsu company. According to CEO of the company, the logistics centre will cover an area of 1.5 square kilometres, mainly offers trade, cold storage and transportation, process...
SOUTH China's Guangxi province posted a 46.2 per cent increase in container port volume to 860,000 TEU and a 24 per cent growth in overall cargo volume to 185 million tonnes, reports Xinhua. The overland freight volume grew 22.8 per cent while waterborne tonnage increased 31.4 per cent over the previous year. Provincial overall cargo volume was up 270 p...
AS the import of natural gas surged, Xinjiang's Horgos checkpoint recorded a trade cargo volume of 3.1 million tonnes last year, up 390 per cent year on year, and a trade value of US$2.97 billion, up 66.2 per cent, Xinhua reports. After removing the factor of natural gas, the checkpoint's trade cargo dropped 21.8 per cent to 492,000 tonnes. Trade value...
Many throughout the globe believe that the new and expanded Panama Canal will open on August 15, 2014 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Canal’s opening. Unfortunately they are in for a shock. According to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), it has never said the opening would be on August 15, 2014. As an ACP spokesperson explained, &ldquo...
It is one year since CM was the first to publish details about France-based LASSTEC releasing its patented load sensing and accident prevention system, using spreader twistlocks to measure the load or eccentricity of a container. Today, more than 30 systems have been delivered for use on straddle carriers, rubber-tyred and rail mounted gantry cranes (RTG...
Rising wages and productivity, a shift away from lowest-cost manufacturing and increased buying power from the mainland's burgeoning middle class will make for a "really exciting time over the next five years", a top logistics player says. Hans Hickler, Agility Logistics' Asia-Pacific chief executive, said the mainland's minimum wage was set to double ...
The Grieg Group has sold its shares in Grieg Logistics, an entity offering freight forwarding, domestic transportation, warehousing, distribution and Customs clearance services, to Panalpina, reported Tensid. Subject to the approval of the Norwegian competition authorities, Panalpina will acquire 100 percent of Grieg Logistics. Both parties have c...
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.
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