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Date: (01-01-2011)
Seafreight
Role of Thu Duc ICD system for port system in HCMC
Theoretically, Inland Container Depot (ICD) is a place to undertake such job of Receipt and Dispatch/Delivery of cargo, Stuffing and stripping of containers, Transit operations by rail/road to and from serving ports, Customs clearance, Consolidation of LCL cargo, Temporary storage of cargo and containers, Reworking of containers, and Maintenance and repair of container units. In connection with a container terminal, the main commercial roles of ICD are to act as the hinterland for the terminal and bring the convenience for its customers in term of saving time/cost in arranging their cargo to the terminal. In this connection, the ICD may contribute to attract more customers to the port. In term of operation, besides the mentioned roles, ICD may contribute to act as the temporary or interim yard for the port. In other words, ICD may help to provide the temporary yard for storing container (both import and export) to reduce the possible congestion within the terminal by releasing import container or reducing the uncertainty in vessel planning for the terminal. Consequently, from time to time, the existence of ICD in connection with terminal is inevitable. In the very beginning of operational life, the terminal may need ICD prevailingly for commercial concerns. When it turns into full operation pattern, however, the terminal will need the ICD for more operational supports.…(Read more on Vietnam Shipper Issue No. 75)
Supply Chain Management
Green is Global - Is Your Supply Chain Ready?
Governments continue to issue regulations aimed at mitigating the impact of chemicals on human health and the environment. Channel masters like Wal-Mart (and many other companies) are incorporating sustainability criteria into their supplier codes of conduct. And consumers increasingly are turning to "environmentally preferred products," even in the wake of the downturn.
Supply chain sits at the confluence of all these pressures bearing down on the enterprise. In fact, supply chain has a critical role to play in choreographing and synchronizing the various functions and stakeholders within the enterprise and across the value chain to meet the challenges of sustainability. …(Read more on Vietnam Shipper Issue No. 75)
Logistics
Copenhagen-Malmo port: One port – Two countries
The construction of the Oresund bridge, which connects Copenhagen (Denmark) and Malmo (Sweden), apparently threatened the activities of Copenhagen Port and Malmo Port which depended a lot on the ferry traffic between two sides of Oresund strait. However, the leaders of two ports have wisely converted the threat into opportunity by merging two ports into Copenhagen-Malmo port. The new bridge has become an important catalyst of the new port. The story of Copenhagen-Malmo port is one of the most interesting stories in the history of the port development in the world. …(Read more on Vietnam Shipper Issue No. 75)
Airfreight
Avoiding disruptions from eruptions
Icelandic aviation authorities and the Association of European Airlines held a conference in mid-September to review how the aviation community handled the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption last April and identify better response protocols for ash clouds.
A top Air Transport Association of America official summed up the aviation industry’s criticism of European governments, saying they overreacted to the situation by unilaterally closing too much airspace without consulting airline partners..…(Read more on Vietnam Shipper Issue No. 75)
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