Posts tagged "logistics"

COVID-19 IMPACT ON OCEAN FREIGHT PRICES

Plan  your container bookings on-time and be aware of sudden cost fluctuations. In August, the peak season for freight started just as the previous years, however, this year Is different due to the pandemic. Although we know that during these months, prices go higher and capacity reduces, the pandemic has been added to the equation that makes more difficult the transportation of goods around the world. According to the International Maritime Organization, maritime transport is essential to t...

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MAKE IN INDIA (PART 2)

Last time, I wrote an introduction about "Make In India", Modi's way to increase India's industry. On this second part, let's see what does "Make In India" offer to us... There are 11 elements that India is ready to offer to us, check them out!   1. AUTOMOBILES Do you know that India is the world's fifth biggest automobile market? For sure, this can climb up to number three by 2019.   Inside Tata, world's cheapest car manufacturer   2. CHEMICALS In Chemicals field, Ind...

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DRONE DELIVERY SERVICE

As time goes by, many surreal things get real! Check one of them: when drone takes over human to deliver your goods... Well, drone delivery service has finally become real... A Sky Full Of Drones Well, at least soon or later, our sky will be full of drones! Believe it or not :) . As I used to say in my previous articles, "China is big, everyone!". China is also full of online platforms that can spoil your life becomes more and more convenient. In other words, this condition creates an undeni...

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CHINA-ALGERIA COOPERATION

New year, new investments and cooperations for China. Being one of the world's strongest country, China has been 'down to earth' to share its capital and help other countries to improve their infrastructure. Currently, Algeria made a deal with China to build a mega sea port. It's not only big, but MEGA!   3.3 billion USD is the amount of China-Algeria deal to build and exploit the new center transshipment port of Cherchell.   Port Cherchell   The agreement was signed between...

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TECHNOLOGY: WHAT WE EXPECT IN 2016

Don't be shocked about the title, it's all in the name of technology. Instead, the fact of how technology turns our world upside down is more shocking, in my opinion. If you look back in 2015, we've seen some innovations for smart baby monitors, a whole world of change in financial technologies, hoverboards, and the backlash to hoverboards and other innovations. Let's see of what 2016 can bring to us...   1. Next-generation designer body parts One of the most important 3-D printin...

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CHINA – LAOS RAILWAY CONNECTION

China actualized one of its investment in ASEAN into reality. The construction of railway between China and Laos has been started since last Wednesday. And for your information, this is not the only trans country railway route that China has. China also plans to build the railway route from Beijing to Russia and from Yiwu to West European country...     Sino - Laos This railway will be connecting Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and China's Kunming in Yunnan province. It is s...

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CHINA $1T OVERSEAS INVESTMENT

I was like WOW! $1T is not a small amount, guys, I was like come on... Just like the title, Li Ke Qiang, Premier of China stated that China would invest more than $1 trillion overseas in the next 5 years.   The Basis Not only the $1 trillion overseas investment, Premier Li also added that the country will most likely import commodities those worth more than $10 trillion during the period. Even though China's economic growth has slowed, growth volume is increasing annually. For as lon...

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THE POWER OF LOGISTICS CLUSTERS

TGIF! Hello readers :) ... Have you ever heard of logistics clusters? For those who haven't heard about what this powerful strategy is, logistics clusters is sets of logistics activities that co-locate and concentrate in particular locations. Logistics clusters is popularized by MIT professor : Yossi Sheffi. Let's find out more about this topic!   Logistics Clusters in a Nutshell In his explanation, Yossi Sheffi tells us how distribution centers are becoming much more than the places ...

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PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION

How are you everyone? I hope you are all doing well. Today we have an interesting news from Panama and Egypt. Yes, these 2 countries have world's most important canal for logistics world: The Panama Canal and Suez Canal. A writer wrote that indeed, both of them are competing with each other, but don't worry! Their competition is in a good term and all of us actually will get the benefit from it.   Currently, Panama and Suez are confronting one another for a supremacy of the container ship...

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THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF MEXICO’S SUPPLY CHAIN

Mexico’s growing importance in the continental supply chain is now being recognized by North American transportation groups. In the latest research, it is said that Mexican ports led the growth in import volume, with a 9.2 percent year-over-year increase—outperforming overall North American inbound growth of 6.4 percent.   The Main Causes Lately, China has been facing the rising wages and logistics costs. This leads a growing number of U.S. manufacturers to reshore or nearshore ope...

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