Wednesday, 13 April 2011

IFW E-Bulletin: Asia to Europe rates still on the slide; Exclusive - Hauliers to lose out in Olympic nightmare

Latest News Wednesday 13th April

Asia to Europe rates still on the slide

Asia to Europe rates still on the slide But vessels are sailing with more cargo

Exclusive: Hauliers to lose out in Olympic nightmare

Gridlocked roads and closed traffic lanes could cost us millions, claim

Ireland okays Stena takeover of DFDS Irish Sea services

Ferry operator now awaits result of UK competition probe

Six jailed for piracy

Russian court sentences last of the gang that hijacked Maltese freighter

NYK merges its logistics businesses

Parent looks for synergies across Europe as new operation launches

IFW TV: Nightline eyes growing markets

Carrier determined to claim its share

Greencarrier takes over UK partner

Baltic logistics specialist will retain PTS team

NOL goes greener at Singapore

90% reduction in emissions from calling vessels

It all adds up to success for Amiri

Forwarder launches online freight rate calculator

Tim Cotton

New Head of Reefer Sales at Damco

New directors at NOL

Stewart Oades

FTA President to serve a second two-year term

David Sowerbutts

New Group Operations Director for ambient at Culina Logistics

Nick Waite

New Branch Manager at Hellmann Worldwide Logsitics

We Have Mail

Re: Slow-steaming

Re: Workington goes port-centric

Re: Ocean carriers and cargo owners

Re: Longer Trailers

 

Opinion

RSAS: the means for a safer railway

Abbey Petkar considers rail freight security

IT solutions for supply chain management expanding

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Interviews

A Q&A with Paul Barker

PD Ports Development Director for bulk, ports and logistics presents a tutorial on port-centric logistics on Thursday 7 April at Multimodal 2011

A Q&A With David Mawer

The UK MD of beverage logistics specialist JF Hillebrand explains the intricacies of supply chain management strategy in this growing niche

Features

Evaluating total cost of enterprise ownership

In recent conversations with executives from various freight forwarding companies, Andrea Robinson has realised that there is a lot of confusion over how to evaluate total cost of ownership (TCO) for logistics IT systems.

Friday Focus: Tied up in red tape

The big challenge for logistics providers in Afghanistan isn't security or terrorism, it's bureacracy, writes Felicity Landon

System integration: the pros of pulling together

System integration is used across industries of all shapes and sizes, but in logistics especially, it forms an integral part of the supply chain by making sure the flow of goods is kept on schedule and on budget, explains Matthew Marriott

Friday Focus: How war underwriters keep the world going round

Risto Talas started writing about Somali piracy in 2006 and has followed the developments in the Gulf of Aden with mixed feelings for a maritime underclass whose fishing grounds were exploited by foreign trawlers from the 1990s and in whose waters toxic waste was illegally dumped

People

Nick Waite

David Sowerbutts

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