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THE LOGISTICS HUB IN ASEAN

Southeast Asian nations such as Myanmar and Vietnam are emerging as the next global factories as manufacturing majors move out of China due to rising costs. Thailand with its natural geographic locational advantage is bracing to become the logistics hub in ASEAN

STORAGE AND LOGISTICS WOES FOR AGRI BUSINESS

Vietnam is focusing at increasing its international trade, it’s time to fix the glitches in the logistics system and bring it at par with international standards

LCL CARGO CONSOLIDATION BUSINESS GROWING STRONG

The e-commerce boom has made shipping smaller more specific consignments frequently the new norm, driving demand for LCL cargo consolidation which has seen strong growth in the past decade with MNCs taking a plunge into the sector, while SMEs find it cost and time effective

DIGITALISE AND REDUCE LOGISTICS COST

The last year has seen Maersk evolve into an end-to-end logistics solution provider. Moving forward, the focus should be to reduce logistics cost in the overall GDP and facilitate faster adoption of technology by government and other key industry stakeholders, reveals Steve Felder, Managing Director, Maersk South Asia

NURTURING INDO-FRENCH TRADE

The HAROPA Alliance has the most excellent shipping services for the Asia region with the most competitive transit times among the ports on the North European range. Laurent Foloppe, Director Commercial & Marketing, Haropa Ports and Baptiste Maurand, Chairman of the Executive Board, Port of Le Havre, detail on the infrastructure development, digital initiatives and growing trade and connectivity between the French and Indian ports

GROWING STRONG THROUGH EXPANSIONS

The year 2019 has been better than the previous year for Transworld Group Singapore. “For regional operators, the strong regional economics are getting even stronger,” reveals Mahesh Sivaswamy, Chairman & CEO, Transworld Group Singapore, as he keenly notes their business expansion to serve the emerging markets in Asia and the Middle East

INDUS MEGA FOOD PARK: JUST PLUG AND PLAY

“Our vision is to create the best in class infrastructure facilities for swift setting up and smooth operations of the food processing industries and thereby creating a value chain from farm to the market,” shares U Naveen Varma, Director, Indus Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd

ECOMMERCE BOOM CALLS FOR BETTER LOGISTICS

Vietnam is witnessing an ecommerce boom, but the logistics industry needs to gear up for delivery on-demand

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR DRY PORTS

Once the Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports is registered with UNESCAP, dry ports in Nepal will get international recognition and Nepal cargo will have access to dry ports of 25 countries

DIVIDED BY BORDERS, UNITED BY LOGISTICS

India is using multimodal logistics in Bangladesh to connect north-eastern states and Bangladesh aims at skipping transhipment through Singapore by using Indian west coast ports for its exports. Dr Mashiur Rahman, Adviser on Economic Affairs to Prime Minister of Bangladesh, explains how India and Bangladesh are rising over their geographic constraints by collaborating to improve and use logistics infrastructure smartly

DIGITAL DECADE AHEAD

By implementing the fourth generation tech solutions across the supply chain, businesses are becoming super smart, innovative and agile to catch up with the speed of demand that is generated from the consumer expecting everything instantly and reluctant to wait for days or weeks.

FREIGHT PAYMENT GETTING STREAMLINED

Stakeholders in India’s export trade propose to set up a mechanism for payment of freight charges. This is aimed to curb “profiteering” in the exchange rate when the payments are made in Indian rupees.

ECOMMERCE BOOM CALLS FOR BETTER LOGISTICS

Vietnam is witnessing an ecommerce boom, but the logistics industry needs to gear up for delivery on-demand

DIGITAL DECADE AHEAD

By implementing the fourth generation tech solutions across the supply chain, businesses are becoming super smart, innovative and agile to catch up with the speed of demand that is generated from the consumer expecting everything instantly and reluctant to wait for days or weeks.

A DIGITAL REVOLUTION IS OVERDUE

“I have observed that service providers that lean on infrastructure for predicating their usefulness are realising, probably the hard way, that their relevance will be challenged if they do not pick up pace in adoption of technology,” opines Amit Kumar, Director, Pristine Logistics & Infraprojects Pvt Ltd

The North-South Expressway (NSE)

The North-South Expressway will connect ocioeconomic development centers running from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, linking up industrial parks, economic zones and seaports

Mongla Port Flexing Capacity

The port capacity upgrades will result in making Mongla a highly income-generating port in the country and will also substantially reduce the excessive load on Chattogram Port

Digitalise, Don't Just Digitise

The maritime ecosystem is a glutton for paperwork and much of it can be questioned only if there is willingness to introspect, innovate and most importantly collaborate.

A Game Changer

Designed to handle bulk, break bulk and container cargo, Sahibganj MMT will move cargo originating from Jharkhand and Bihar to Bangladesh through Haldia, while connecting ICD Biratnagar in Nepal

Cement Logistics A Costly Affair

Deprived of automation and thriving on rather uneconomical modes of logistics the Indian cement sector has for long been burdened with high logistics cost. The sector now seems on its way to optimise its logistics value chain.

Reducing Cost: Are We Looking At The Wrong Tree?

Industry leaders on the panel and audience brainstormed to figure out various elements that add to the cost and can reduce cost right from terminal operations to first/last mile connectivity

Inland Logistics: Streamlining The Container Supply Chain

The tone for day-long deliberations was set at the inaugural session where industry leaders gave a clarion call to drive efficiencies using technology, make the distribution machinery efficient and put the customer in the first place in order to make our supply chains right

Empowering The End Customer

Be it meeting the ever changing expectations of customers or offering him the best service possible, the panel coincided on the fact that customer is in the driver’s seat and success of any business lies surely in empowering his customer.

Digitalizing Container Supply Chain: The Next Level

Digitalisation can unfold a whole world of opportunities. The panellists focused on how to push the industry to adapt digitalisation and the efficiencies advanced technologies hold

Logistics Cost – The Black Hole In Containerised Trade

The seventh edition of Indian Container Market Annual Report delves deeper into the logistics cost which has been a major stumbling block in container trade. It maps the cargo centers distributed across the country, tracks the partners in international trade and is a ready reckoner for the latest data on Indian container terminal infrastructure, efficiency, rankings and performance.

Infrastructure Needs To Catch Up

Container traffic in South Asia has increased fourfold since the past decade, but logistics infrastructure has not geared up to support the rise in flow of cargo. South Asian economies need to put a concerted effort to resolve logistics issues that could have interrelated angles rather than implementing isolated measures.

Gearing Up To Ease Congestion

The Chittagong Port Authority along with the Customs and off-dock workers are putting in a concerted effort to ease out movement of cargo.

Keeping Freight Cost Under Control

Farmers are elated with the government approving road freight rates for fertilizer movement

Ocean Freight Is Growing Faster Than Air Freight

Having withered many a storm in the past 140 years, DB Schenker has evolved the mechanism to survive difficult times. As Schenker India celebrates its 20th anniversary, it is ready to tap the the tier II and tier III cities

Unlocking Inland Waterways In A Landlocked Country

Unlocking the potential in inland waterways of Nepal can bring a paradigm shift to the exim logistics of the country.