For any of you who attended the recent Shanghai logistics event, you will surely be familiar with these eye-catching cards! And for those of you who did not attend, if any of your male colleagues who were there, deny ever seeing these cards...they’re lying! But to be fair to them, any obvious foreigner who was male could not possibly enter or leave the Shanghai New International Expo Centre without being deluged by touts bearing these unique calling cards. On the first day of the … [Read more...] about Welcome to Trans port Massage-istics China!

Looking for that next exotic destination for your hard earned vacation? Why not try North Korea. After all, how often do you get an opportunity to visit an ‘Axis of Evil’ country that boasts a maniacal dictator so comical that he gives the Austin Powers arch evil character Minime, a run for his money. And we know justhow to get there... fly Air Koryo! Yes, North Korea actually does have its own airline – 100 per cent government-owned (now that’s a … [Read more...] about Incredible North Korea?

We hope that you’re not going to be bored by this next item – that is if you’re even reading this right now...please tear your eyes away from the China item, just for a moment! This is an interesting little factoid and the Belly Achers reckon we can all go home early, because we learned something new (that’s one of Issac Newton’s unpublished laws – if you learn something new you get to go home early). According to the … [Read more...] about Oh no , one more for the environmentalists

The agenda of air carriers the world over is a crowded one. Aside from the constant pressure to fill belly and maindeck holds with cargo, fill seats with passengers, comply with every-changing security requirements, manage escalating costs, hedge against volatile fuel prices the carriers have in recent years found a new, high visiblity and pressing item on their agenda – the environment. The industry has been, perhaps unfairly, singled out as a major contributor to greenhouse gases, … [Read more...] about Environment Supplement in August issue

Agility Abu Dhabi, which designed, constructed and owns this stateof- the-art facility, will manage operations and distribution to the Asia market over 10 years. The hub will receive 600,000 tonnes of polyolefins annuallyfrom Borouge’s plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE. “We expect to receive the polyolefins in a phased operation and it may take about one and half years to reach the annual target,” said James Gagne, Agility’s CEO Greater China. He pointed out that … [Read more...] about Agility opens massive new logistics hub in Shanghai

Menlo is focusing on a variety of strategies to augment China based global solutions which will effectively connect the company’s global operations, Goldberg says, adding that Menlo has been experiencing record growth in all its mature markets. “Menlo, globally, has seen a marked demand for 4PL services by companies which have acquired multiple operating units or are struggling to drive out waste through LEAN methodologies. Menlo is executing 4PL supply chain teams in China … [Read more...] about Menlo’s three-prong focus for its China business