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Date: (01-04-2012)
Seafreight
Port development – Beyond the sea-land interface
One of the major trends in the port industry is to develop logistics centers, for example free trade zones or international logistics zones. The strategy is aim to accommodate value-added logistics activities and to attract global companies. Thanks to these specific logistics zones, ports are able to secure freight volume, attract foreign investment and create new employment.
UNCTAD classified ports into three generations based on three criteria: (i) port development policy, strategy and attitude; (ii) the scope and extension of port activities; and (iii) the integration of port activities and organization. A port develops from a transport centre with major services for loading and unloading cargo (first generation), into an industrial and commercial centre (second generation), and a logistics centre (third generation). Besides handling cargo, the third generation port provides other value-added services such as warehousing, packaging and distribution which generate additional employment and revenue for port community. …(Read more on Vietnam Shipper Issue No. 90)
Supply Chain Management
Optimizing the Service Supply Chain
In today’s troubled economy, the path to profit from product sales often leads to aggressive cost cutting, especially in customer service, a critical component within the service supply chain. Typically treated as a necessary cost center, customer service often is deferred or ignored in pursuit of lower costs, causing the company to lose out on potential revenue that can be driven through excellent customer service.
A company might position such a strategy as temporary, with plans to restore its customer service levels when sales improve or the economy recovers. More often than not, however, such plans never are realized. …(Read more on Vietnam Shipper Issue No. 90)
Airfreight
A challenging year ahead for Asian cargo
Twelve months ago, Hong Kong International Airport and its largest carrier tenant were standing tall at the top of their respective global air-cargo hierarchies.
Buoyed by soaring exports from China throughout 2010, HKIA had pushed past Memphis to become the world’s largest airport in terms of cargo throughput, while Cathay Pacific had taken over the crown of top international air cargo carrier from Korean Air.
The seemingly unstoppable wave of Chinese exports has since lost its momentum, resulting in sharp contractions in freight traffic. In November, usually the height of the peak season, Cathay suffered a 13.8-percent drop in traffic, which brought its tally for the January-November period to a year-over-year decline of 8.2 percent..…(Read more on Vietnam Shipper Issue No. 90)
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