Logistics News in Review: October 20, 2008

Postal Officials will discuss direct mail with China Air Tianjin may be chosen for new Beijing airport Road Traffic eases on car ban’s first ... in Chongqing Borouge to build logistics hub in Guangzhou, China Software IBM takes 20% stake in Hisense ... Bigger ships for Wan Hai, PIL trans-Pacific service Grand China Logistics in chemical ship [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 14:38:50
Blog: All Roads Lead to China...

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The Daily Sprout

Dude, Where’d My Stimulus Go?: A new study from research firm IHL Group says that the intended stimulating effects of the Economic Stimulus Package ... . Shipping Waste to China Saves on Carbon Emissions: A new study from the British government determined that shipping paper and plastic around the world to China for recycling releases less carbon [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 01:00:55
Blog: Earth2Tech...

Can a Green Business Manufacture in China?

Ecopreneurist recently received a question from a reader about whether manufacturing an eco-friendly product in China is a good idea ... Coast of the US, shipping from China can have less impact on the environment than other transportation means, such as trucking or air freight. So, let’s assume that your product will be truly green [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 00:47:14
Blog: Ecopreneurist - Green &...

China’s port capacity currently exceeds demand

China’s port and shipping industry has been at its lowest ebb this year in terms of performance, and the situation may worsen in 2009 ... exceeded the market demand in China at present. The freight charge for routes to Asia and America ... have annexed sea routes and sealed orders to new ships. Handling capacity of ports is also oversupplied [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 23:07:39
Blog: China Logistics News - ...

Five killed as cargo ship sinks off China

At least five sailors were killed and three missing after a container ship sank off a port in northeast China's Liaoning province, ... nautical miles from the site of accident. The vessle belonged to Fuzhou Mingfa Shipping company [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 08:01:46
Blog: Latest News|Daily Local...

Guangdong Sept imports of big cars fall 26.5% m/m

Data from Guangzhou Customs show that in the first eight months of this year, ... . Industry experts said that the rise in the high-emission vehicle imports will escalate the oil energy ... (0) WISCO, China Shipping Group in alliance (0) Wall Street turmoil tests China’s foreign trade [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 12:23:25
Blog: China Trade Information...

Exports jump at L.A., Long Beach ports but imports falter

Incoming goods are down so much that the twin ports are on pace to record their second straight year of declines in overall international trade ... this year, the biggest U.S. contribution to the international supply chain were vast mountains of empty cargo containers outbound on ships to China, where they were quickly refilled with the imports [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 05:23:22
Blog: Breaking Business & Fin...

Ship cancellations & China's Stimulus

These stories appeared over the weekend providing further grist to the mills of shipping Cassandras ... % of global supply). Obviously not the only factor that drove freight rates but a very significant ... workers (and the world's shippers) happy via subsidised over investment in the steel industry [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 13:05:06
Blog: Capital Chronicle...

Greenpeace - Making Waves: Cutting down paradise

Here's an update from Dean on the Esperanza in Papua New Guinea When we arrived here at Paia Inlet in the Gulf Province - a huge roar ... Association and landowner from Kibiri Tribe. They were very happy to see the Greenpeace ship. The water ... to China, made into plywood, furniture and outdoor decking, before eventually being thrown [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 15:35:35
Blog: The Greenpeace weblog...

The future of Carrollton… a Chinese cargo shipping hub?

Today I was looking at the St. Louis Beacon website, which had an interesting article about the past and future of Lambert, ... . Hrabko, enthusiastically discussing the possibility of a St. Louis-China air shipping hub. “Just imagine a trail of 747s coming in and out of here, hauling freight from China,” he said. “ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 05:26:23
Blog: 56 Houses Left...

Pope hails cross-strait developments

Pope hails cross-strait developments VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict –VI hailed Saturday the “positive developments” between China and Taiwan ... . During Chen’s visit, the two sides signed four deals that will see them cooperate in air travel, post and cargo shipping. China’s communist regime broke diplomatic relations with the Vatican in 1951 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 05:15:43
Blog: Thailand News | Asia Ne...

Cross-Strait Transportation Deal

So finally, what is the deal? The agreement on aviation sets the number of direct cross-strait flights at just 108 per week, roughly 10% of the 1, ... is to open up 13 international and domestic sea ports for direct cross-strait shipping, while China ... passenger planes on direct flights carry freight in their holds, which would defray operating costs [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 01:59:16
Blog: F. VARGA...

splendid cynosure

To me, the word cynosure occurs in the phrase "the cynosure of all eyes," meaning the center of attraction ... the cynosure of international attention, maybe you didn't notice. In their last election, Taiwanese ... came to Taiwan to make direct Taiwan-China flights and cargo shipping routine. There were protests [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 16:01:00
Blog: claudia's surf city...

China Shipyards -- Buying Opportunities Amidst The Rubble?

The following is Steve Dickinson's second day report from the 2008 Maritime Conference he is attending in Wuhan, China ... and international law of ship financing. However, the underlying key to the presentations ... have no appetite for risky loans right now. Further, they do not understand international ship financing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 19:20:26
Blog: China Law Blog: a blog ...

Beijing Olympic Games : Logistics / Supply Chain impact update

If you source or ship from China and don’t check in regularly with Richard Brubaker’s insightful All Roads Lead to China blog you should be. He, like us, have been sounding the warning bells regarding the impact the Beijing Olympics COULD have on your supply chain for quite some time now [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 01:06:52
Blog: Third Party Logistics N...

The Upside to a Total Breakdown in Society, Or Why Utter Chaos Might Not Be So Bad (For the Earth)

Gas stops flowing and the roads are all but desolate, as only a few vehicles are still able to run. Container ships from China stop pulling into port, grocery store trucks can’t deliver supplies and emergency services can’t answer desperate pleas for help [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 14:23:09
Blog: EarthFirst.com | Snarki...

Trailing Edge Technologies

One of the worst of the booby traps built into the contemporary mythology of progress, it seems to me, ... noted that the cost of shipping a container of freight from China to Europe is now three times ... blowoff of the age of cheap oil, and as that age ends, so do the economic factors that made globalization [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 05:19:27
Blog: The Archdruid Report...

Global storm hits China’s sea-commerce

By Chris Stewart Oct 21, 2008 HUA HIN, Thailand - The stunning growth at China’s shipbuilders, shipping lines and ports over the past few years is juddering to a halt as cash-strapped ... . The measure, which tracks sea freight prices for commodities such as coal, hit a five-and-a-half year low [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 01:39:58
Blog: RevolutionRadio.org ...

Forwarders look to Africa as major trades slow

Afric Freight Ship Afric Freight Ship Henrik Christensen, chairman and CEO of the China Logistics Club said China’s SME freight forwarders are starting ... 6.1%. He added that with ‘With the falling freight rates and yield on the traditional Asia-Europe [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 17:54:16
Blog: China Logistics News - ...

China arms desperate Mugabe

How China is exporting tyranny: A Chinese cargo ship believed to be carrying 77 tonnes of small arms, including more than 3m rounds of ammunition, ... from Beijing to the ministry of defence in Harare… Despite international criticism, the Chinese government [more...]

Date: 2008-04-19 03:15:50
Blog: Herald Sun Andrew Bolt ...

The Shipping Blues for China’s Small Builders

Today’s WSJ reports on the impact of the economic slowdown across the shipping industry, from railroads and cargo ships to trucks and package delivery firms. In the first nine months of this year, the number of containers entering the U.S. via its top 10 container ports was 7.2% lower [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 08:59:50
Blog: China Journal ...

China Economic Stimulus

If a bailout is like mopping up a financial mess, economic stimulus packages are meant to keep as many people as possible from slipping and falling ... countries like Malaysia and Indonesia have increasingly targeted China instead of the U.S. Shipping [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 20:22:03
Blog: Wealth Daily : Independ...

Solar Powered Cargo Ship

Solar Powered Cargo Ship in: Breakthrough Thinking, Ecological Products, People Making a Difference, business, green friendly [ ... with China’s biggest shipping line. The Chatswood-based Solar Sailor group has designed the sails [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 04:33:25
Blog: Impact Lab — A laborato...

Solar Sailor Sun Sails To Be Fitted to Chinese Cargo Ships

At least that is what the media releases are saying. Late last month, the Australian Solar Sailor company announced they’d signed a deal with China's biggest shipping line, COSCO, to fit some of their jumbo jet sized solar-powered sails to a tanker [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 12:20:05
Blog: TreeHugger...

Video: China's wasteland of toxic consumer electronics revealed

URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/Y0SpyQKycwc/ Any self-respecting gadget hound knows that China is responsible for packing millions of shipping containers with the consumer electronics we crave. What you may not know is what we ship in return: our waste for recycling. Of growing concern is e-waste, resulting [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 18:19:00
Blog: Política...

Solar-Powered Sails - China Cuts Cargo Costs with Clean Power (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) SolarSailor, a company from Australia, signed a deal with China’s largest shipping line to outfit their fleet with jumbo-sized solar sails. Transportation cost is one of the major profit killers, especially… [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 16:19:51
Blog: TREND HUNTER - #1 in Tr...

Hk shares down 1 pct on Shanghai lead; Cosco sinks

Hk shares down 1 pct on Shanghai lead; Cosco sinks August 8th, 2008 HONG KONG, Aug 8 (Reuters) ... percent decline inthe previous four sessions. China Shipping Development (1138.HK: Quote, Profile ... , tracking a 4.5 percent loss onthe Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC. Shipping stocks continued [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 08:23:33
Blog: Finance, Economy-Busine...

On blogs and leaks and news

Earlier this week Apple held an event to announce the new lineup of iPods, an event which has been breathlessly anticipated in years past ... checking shipping invoices to determine new iPhone shipments from China, announcements both large ... . We recognize we walk pretty close to the line sometimes, and sometimes we make mistakes. We also [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 06:12:00
Blog: LiveSide - Windows Liv...

Cheap Wholesale Bape Hoodies, BBC Hoodies, LRG Hoodies, CLH Hoodies, Ed Hardy Hoodies

Paypal accept, we are verified china paypal account. 3000 trust points. Price including the shipping cost. SHIPPING TIME :5 DAYS Drop shipping and sample order AVAILABLE The Tracking ... . We have developed extensive contacts within many local and international freight organizations and guarantee [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 13:12:48
Blog: Cingular Users Forum to...

60 Minutes Exposes U.S. Companies Shipping Toxic E-Waste to China

Last Spring Bachus & Schanker partnered with Guaranteed Recycling Xperts (GRX) in a firm wide “Spring Cleaning” e-waste recycling effort ... in the 60 Minutes report. BAN, an international non-profit has set standards for environmentally safe [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 22:30:59
Blog: Colorado Law Blog - Per...

ARATS chairman leaves Taipei

ARATS chairman leaves Taipei Taiwan and China have a long way to go before they can attain peace and closer economic cooperation, ... at the meeting on Tuesday between Taiwan and China on shortened air routes, direct maritime shipping, better [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 01:24:39
Blog: Thailand News | Asia Ne...

From Chongqing to my Cruise Ship - Chongqing, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Chongqing, ... oasis in the bustling city. Each room in the house was filled with beautiful antique furniture [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 03:20:23
Blog: Free Travel Blog to Sha...

Home media server/streaming server

You can easily play your DivX, Xvid, h ... ranging from wmv to H.264 to Xvid. It will play back various containers such as ISO and MKV. Simply point ... from China. Still, they have a solid history of shipping units (sometimes with minor delays [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 05:13:16
Blog: Gizmo-Central - Bringi...

China’s Wasteland Of Toxic Consumer Electronics Revealed

Any self-respecting gadget hound knows that China is responsible for packing millions of shipping containers with the consumer electronics we crave. What you may not know is what we ship in return [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 09:26:30
Blog: Tech Lime...

Video: China’s wasteland of toxic consumer electronics revealed

Any self-respecting gadget hound knows that China is responsible for packing millions of shipping containers with the consumer electronics we crave. What you may not know is what we ship in return [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 09:27:34
Blog: B On The Move - Tech Ne...

Video: China’s wasteland of toxic consumer electronics revealed

Any self-respecting gadget hound knows that China is responsible for packing millions of shipping containers with the consumer electronics we crave. What you may not know is what we ship in return [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 10:00:21
Blog: Get the latest news on...

Video: China’s wasteland of toxic consumer electronics revealed

Any self-respecting gadget hound knows that China is responsible for packing millions of shipping containers with the consumer electronics we crave. What you may not know is what we ship in return [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 09:11:00
Blog: KrazyWISH | Daily updat...

Video: China’s wasteland of toxic consumer electronics revealed

Any self-respecting gadget hound knows that China is responsible for packing millions of shipping containers with the consumer electronics we crave. What you may not know is what we ship in return [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 09:11:00
Blog: Article33 - Gadgets & R...

Video: China's wasteland of toxic consumer electronics revealed

Any self-respecting gadget hound knows that China is responsible for packing millions of shipping containers with the consumer electronics we crave. What you may not know is what we ship in return [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 00:11:00
Blog: blogscooper...

Daily Dose: 09/10/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » Brooklyn Chef Burns Diners » U.S ... Korean Cargo Ship » Death Toll in China Mudslide Rises to 128 Compiled by Sye-Ok Sato AsianWeek [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 19:36:27
Blog: AsianWeek ...

Dry Bulk Daily Report

The market has started the week off mixed, with the bigger ships faring better than their smaller counterparts ... a day. If China is serious about reducing iron ore stockpiles (and freight rates), more measures ... Looking forward, there are several issues on the horizon which have the potential to affect freight rates [more...]

Date: 2008-06-02 13:13:43
Blog: Ton Mile Trader - home ...

The great stall of China

YVES SMITH has been all over the story of letters of credit in the shipping industry, ... adjusted 44.6 last month from 51.2 in September, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing ... have much experience: First, Tao Shoulong burned his company's financial books. He then sold his private [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 15:32:26
Blog: Free exchange: our econ...

Best of the China Blogs: November 10

A daily look at what we’re reading. –Why can’t America do it too? ... conference discusses more of the huge problems facing the domestic shipping industry as a result of the global credit crunch. China Law Blog –A comprehensive-looking compilation of reports on the case [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 19:24:00
Blog: China Journal ...

Prove of Receipt

*Document bears my name & address so whoever produces the same document, you should know.. To counter the recent “Made in China” F Cup Cookies, I’ve uploaded prove of freight document ... are shipping directly from the manufacturer. To Shopper Out There! 1) There is no 30pcs of Strawberry F Cup [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 00:39:24
Blog: Singapore Online Shoppi...

HK shares seen lower on Wall Street slide

HK shares seen lower on Wall Street slide August 8th, 2008 HONG KONG, Aug 8 (Reuters) ... shipping counters tracked losses in theglobal freight index. STOCKS TO WATCH-* China Shenhua Energy Co ... InternationalGroup fueled fears of more fallout from the credit crisis andWal-Mart’s (WMT.N: Quote [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 01:07:34
Blog: Finance, Economy-Busine...

Prove of Shipping Document

Document bears my name & address so whoever produces the same document, you should know.. * Only Spree Dynamic getting supplies from me. To counter the recent “Made in China” F Cup Cookies, I’ve uploaded my prove of freight document ... are shipping directly from the manufacturer. To Shopper Out There! 1) There is no 30pcs of Strawberry F Cup [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 00:39:19
Blog: Singapore Online Shoppi...

First Goodwill Visit of Chinese Navy Ship to Cambodia

Today (November 09), Cambodia celebrates 55th anniversary of independence ... and China Military Online. Posts in MarineBuzz on this day a year before: Indian Cargo Ship MV ... Navy Ship Tabar Prevents Piracy Attack on Indian Merchant Vessel Port and Ship International India [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 16:58:56
Blog: MarineBuzz.com...

Chinese commodities distribution center in Europe completes construction

The Chinese Commodities Distribution Center in Europe has completed construction and held a ceremony to mark the occasion here Tuesday. Zhang Wei, vice president of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT ... to transport Chinese shipping goods to major European markets using the developed Dutch roads [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 11:56:14
Blog: China Trade Information...

China's Airport Binge is Bad Environmental News

As China grows so does its aviation sector, and its insatiable need for airports ... by skyrocketing passenger travel and cargo shipping. Diao Yonghai, Deputy Director of Aviation for the Civil Aviation Administration of China, attributed the growth to rising international trade [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 17:30:12
Blog: Autopia - Wired Blogs...

A Chinese Venture-Capitalist Gold Rush Beyond the Olympics

While China’s athletes continue to collect gold medals in the Olympic Games, ... companies “shipping product,” while another 30, or 26%, deal with profitable companies, according [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 16:05:21
Blog: Deal Journal - WSJ.com ...

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