Title: Vietnam Shipper Issue 88
Date: (01-02-2012)

 

Seafreight

 

Port development – Beyond the sea-land interface - Part 1

 

About 90 percent world trade is transported by sea, so maritime transportation has become a backbone in the global supply chain. As an interface between sea and land, ports have played the most important role in the chain. The tendency of globalization of the world production as well as supply chain –based competition put more challenges for ports in their development. Our series will provide a view about port development, especially in the context of European ports.

 

Challenges for ports

 

A port is considered as the central part of a triptych which also encompasses its hinterland and foreland. The former is regions where cargoes are collected or delivered by inland transportation, and the latter is seaward areas connected with the port by ocean vessels. Port hinterlands are seen as the most complex side of the port triptych with much attention in the present. They are composed of main hinterland, an exclusive area where the port has a monopolistic position in attracting cargo, and competition hinterland, an area where the port must compete with other ports for cargo. …Vietnam Shipper Issue No. 88)

 

2011: The harder and weaker year for dry bulk shipping market

 

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Supply Chain Management

 

 

We first introduced the proprietary concept of Combined Distribution Networks or CDNs as far back as 2005. From recent market developments this concept is now gaining traction in Supply Chains in the United States and Europe.

 

US, two of the world’s largest candy manufacturers Hershey and Ferrero, announced recently that they will work together to North America. This will be done through a collaborative warehousing, transportation and distribution initiative in North America.

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Trading

 

The new web of World Trade

 

The Gulf economies of the Middle East are forming partnerships with other emerging markets, redefining the ancient trade routes that once linked East and West.

 

Saudi Arabia, came to power in August 2005, he wasted little time in demonstrating his vision for the country’s future. His first official overseas visit, in January 2006, was not to U.S. president George W. Bush, U.K. prime minister Tony Blair, or German chancellor Angela Merkel — but to Chinese president Hu Jintao.

The rise of emerging markets in the global economy has sparked a great deal of discussion, particularly in the wake of the worldwide financial crisis. The implications are often framed in terms of the potential impact on the economies of the U.S. and Europe — for instance, business leaders discuss whether emerging nations’ consumers might be interested in purchasing American products, or whether European telecom operators can counter stagnation in their own markets by investing in new mobile networks in Asia. …Vietnam Shipper Issue No. 88)

 

 

Airfreight

 

2011 year-end review, - Part two

 

Europe. This is further proof that airfreight demand is highly unpredictable and that flexibility is the most important asset in our business..…Vietnam Shipper Issue No. 88)