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Automotive industry crisis - the implications for logistics suppliers
15/Dec/2008
Beyond banking, few sectors have been hit as hard by the global financial/economic crash as the car industry. So what will be the impact of that decline on automotive logistics suppliers?...
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Integrated logistics in China - overcoming the challenges
02/Dec/2008
While the Chinese market is not new to global 3PLs, providing shippers with integrated contract logistics and value-added services within that country remains a challenge even for those with sophisticated networks and resources. However, as explained by a senior executive from
Penske Logistics, there are also opportunities for 3PLs to overcome the hurdles....
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Exploring the Trans-Eurasian option
20/Nov/2008
A container block train operated by Trans Eurasia Logistics (TEL), a joint venture between German rail operator
Deutsche Bahn and Russian railway company RZD, is currently en route from Hamburg, northern Germany, to China, and due to arrive in Beijing and Shanghai in late November. It is the first commercial container train eastbound in that approximately 10,000km trade lane and will provide shippers with a viable alternative to ocean freight....
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Real time supply chain visibility - increasing for shippers and 3PLs
23/Oct/2008
The last few years have seen rapid developments in real time supply chain visibility, with the main beneficiaries being high volume shippers, 3PLs and freight forwarders. Ti interviewed two US-based technology company executives, John Urban, President of
GT Nexus, and Larry Trebesch, General Manager, China, at Savi Networks. They will both be speaking at Ti’s conference 'Global Distribution Strategies - Asia Pacific 2008'....
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The Indian logistics industry growing fast, but challenges remain
09/Oct/2008
Despite India’s inadequate transport infrastructure, the Indian logistics industry continues to expand. A number of Indian companies established in shipping and other marine related activities, such as Essar Shipping, Ports and Logistics Ltd (ESPLL) and the Sical group, have expanded their logistics operations recently. The funding for the often substantial investments required for these projects is coming from overseas as well as Indian sources....
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Logistics in the automotive sector. On the margins of a crisis.
06/Oct/2008
The global car industry is in crisis and undergoing huge changes. So what are the implications for logistics in the automotive sector?...
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Special feature: Where will the latest business cycle take freight forwarders?
22/Sep/2008
Understanding the business model of freight forwarding − and the immediate prospects for the big forwarders....
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Key developments in the Asia Pacific sea freight container market
19/Sep/2008
In terms of ocean container throughput and volume growth, the Asia Pacific region continues to dominate the globe, largely due to the recent and sustained double-digit increases in exports from China. This country’s dominance of the Asia Pacific region looks set to continue, through several major container port developments....
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Global economic instability – what impact on the Asia Pacific logistics industry?
08/Sep/2008
The effects of the current economic crisis in the western world are already evident. However, the extent to which the downturn in the US and Europe will impact on the economies of the Far East is less obvious....
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Special briefing: What is the future for the Asia Pacific logistics market?
07/Aug/2008
The economies of the Asia Pacific region have been responsible for driving growth in the global logistics market. With a downturn taking hold in the US and Europe, future growth in the region is even more critical to that industry’s prospects....
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