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12/07/2023

The wait is over, and we're thrilled to kick off LogiSYM Malaysia today! 🎉🔥

26/06/2023

Join Marco Tieman's presentation at LogiSYM Malaysia 2023 where he shares his knowledge and experience about halal market alignment, steps in realising an end-to-end halal supply chain, the role of halal ecosystems, and halal risk measurement.

Check out our agenda at https://logisym.org/malaysi.../logisym-malaysia-2023-agenda/.

Join LogiSYM Malaysia 2023 by registering at https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/logisym-malaysia-2023-tickets-482174205027. and can attend for free using the promo code LGSMMY2023-SHIPPERS.

23/06/2023

Join the panel by registering at https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/logisym-malaysia-2023-tickets-482174205027. Shippers and BCOs can attend for free by using the promo code LGSMMY2023-SHIPPERS.

The panel aims to provide valuable insights into driving sustainability in the supply chain sector, showcasing practical strategies, collaborative approaches, and the role of technology in creating a resilient and environmentally conscious supply chain ecosystem.

Panel Leader: Stephanie Krishnan, Associate Vice President at IDC

Panellists:
1. Roger Chew, Global Sales Director at SFS Pharma Logistics
2. Hock Aun Khoo, Director at Green Renewable Organic World (CROW)
3. Jeroen Hendriks, Director at Art of Supply Chain
4. Dr. Jenny Wong, CMgr FCMI, CMILT, Dean at Saito Business School

Check out our agenda at https://logisym.org/malaysia2023/logisym-malaysia-2023-agenda/.

22/06/2023

🔒 Secure your business accounts with strong passwords! Research by NordPass reveals that employees in the transportation and logistics sector, even from the world's richest companies, still rely on weak passwords like 'password' and '123456'. It's time for a password upgrade.

Read the complete article at https://bit.ly/46khGgj

05/04/2023

SF Airlines Expands fleet to 80 aircraft

04/04/2023

Trade Update – 4th April 2023: UK GETS HUGE ASIA PACIFIC TRADE BREAK, AUSTRALIA & NZ WELCOME UK ENTRY, JAPAN HOSTS TRADE MEETING and many more…

Trade Update – 4th April 2023: UK GETS HUGE ASIA PACIFIC TRADE BREAK, AUSTRALIA & NZ WELCOME UK ENTRY, JAPAN HOSTS TRADE MEETING and many more… Weekly trade review provided by Chatto Creek Advisory Pty. Chatto Creek Advisory Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based strategic consultancy specialising in trad...

03/04/2023

24,000 TEU vessel calls at Hong Kong setting new record

24,000 TEU vessel calls at Hong Kong setting new record THE Hong Kong Seaport Alliance (HKSPA) played host to one of the largest container vessels in the world, the OOCL Spain with a capacity of 24,188 TEU, on her maiden voyage. The vessel berthed at HKSPA member Modern Terminals’ facilities marki...

29/03/2023

Trade Update – 29th March 2023: AUSTRALIA & NZ GET CLOSER TO UK FTA AGREEMENTS, SINGAPORE TO HOST NEXT INDO-PACIFIC ROUND, MALAYSIA LAUNCHES HALAL MASTER PLAN and many more…

Trade Update – 29th March 2023: AUSTRALIA & NZ GET CLOSER TO UK FTA AGREEMENTS, SINGAPORE TO HOST NEXT INDO-PACIFIC ROUND, MALAYSIA LAUNCHES HALAL MASTER PLAN and many more… Weekly trade review provided by Chatto Creek Advisory Pty. Chatto Creek Advisory Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based strategic co...

25/03/2023

“E-commerce giants are crushing small businesses,” warns leading retail expert

“E-commerce giants are crushing small businesses,” warns leading retail expert 23 March 2023, Los Angeles, USA – Leading retail expert and Gently co-founder Elian Pres-Gurwits has warned that existing logistics infrastructure is seriously harming small businesses and needs urgent reform. The f...

24/03/2023

Ongoing Exodus from China

Ongoing Exodus from China Apple Inc partner Foxconn Technology plans to invest in a new plant in Bangalore as Sino-US tensions grow according to a recent report by Bloomberg. The investment is one of Foxconn’s biggest single outlays to date in India and underscores how China’s at risk of losing ...

23/03/2023

24,000 TEU, World’s Largest Container Ship Delivered to MSC

24,000 TEU, World’s Largest Container Ship Delivered to MSC Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has delivered the world’s biggest containership, the 24,116-TEU MSC Tessa to the Geneva-based Italian Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company. The delivery will further consolidate the leading position of Chine...

22/03/2023

Trade Update – 22nd March 2023: AUSTRALIA LOOKING FOR CHINA TRADE PROGRESS, TRADE MINISTERS HEAD TO NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA GETS US SUGAR BOOST and many more…

Trade Update – 22nd March 2023: AUSTRALIA LOOKING FOR CHINA TRADE PROGRESS, TRADE MINISTERS HEAD TO NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA GETS US SUGAR BOOST and many more… Weekly trade review provided by Chatto Creek Advisory Pty. Chatto Creek Advisory Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based strategic consultancy specia...

15/03/2023

Trade Update – 15th March 2023: AUSTRALIA & INDIA AIM FOR YEAR-END AGREEMENT, US MISSION TARGETS ASEAN MARKETS, JAPAN JOINS TRADE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT ARRANGEMENT and many more…

10/03/2023

Shippers Will Choose Stability Over Rock-Bottom Freight Rates

Shippers Will Choose Stability Over Rock-Bottom Freight Rates A delegate at the S&P Gobal Trans Pacific Maritime or TPM conference in Long Beach last week emphasized that “service is always going to trump price”. However, he added: “But it has to be a fair price”. Beneficial cargo owner (BCO...

08/03/2023

Trade Update – 8th March 2023: AUSTRALIA LOOKS FOR INDIAN TRADE BOOST, USTR PUBLISHES BIDEN’S 2023 TRADE AGENDA, TAIWAN CALLS FOR CANADIAN SUPPORT and many more…

Trade Update – 8th March 2023: AUSTRALIA LOOKS FOR INDIAN TRADE BOOST, USTR PUBLISHES BIDEN’S 2023 TRADE AGENDA, TAIWAN CALLS FOR CANADIAN SUPPORT and many more… Weekly trade review provided by Chatto Creek Advisory Pty. Chatto Creek Advisory Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based strategic consultancy ...

06/03/2023

Ocean freight rate ‘free fall’ arrested in February

Ocean freight rate ‘free fall’ arrested in February Xeneta CEO Patrik Berglund   After the record-breaking falls of January, global long-term ocean freight rates held up rather well in February, boosted by “a special month” for US exports. According to the latest data from Xeneta, average l...

04/03/2023

How To Overcome Decision Fatigue with Intelligent Software

03/03/2023

The Convergence of Optimisation, Simulation and Risk to Formulate Holistic Supply Chain Strategies

02/03/2023

3 Strategies that Shippers Need to Note for Logistics Success in 2023

3 Strategies that Shippers Need to Note for Logistics Success in 2023 by Stephen Ly, Vice President, Southeast Asia, C.H. Robinson Sudden changes and market shifts in the past two years have shown us just how unpredictable the logistics industry can be. The recent fight for space on the water and in...

01/03/2023

Trade Update – 1st March 2023: AUSTRALIA & CHINA PREPARE FOR VISIT, MALAYSIA BEGINS REVIEW OF MASTER PLAN, NEW ZEALAND MINISTER JETS TO TOKYO and many more…

Trade Update – 1st March 2023: AUSTRALIA & CHINA PREPARE FOR VISIT, MALAYSIA BEGINS REVIEW OF MASTER PLAN, NEW ZEALAND MINISTER JETS TO TOKYO and many more… Weekly trade review provided by Chatto Creek Advisory Pty. Chatto Creek Advisory Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based strategic consultancy special...

27/02/2023

Freight rates continue downward spiral

Freight rates continue downward spiral The latest updates from Xeneta and Sea-Intelligence show a bleak picture for the container market as container lines choose a price war over aggressive capacity management. Xeneta’s data shows that on the five major front-haul routes out of Asia, contract rat...

23/02/2023

Long Beach box volume falls 28 percent in January

Long Beach box volume falls 28 percent in January Longbeach, the main ocean freight gateway into the US West Coast moved 573,772 TEU in January 2023, up five per cent from December 2022, but down 28.4 percent from January 2022. Imports led the year-on-year decline, coming in nearly a third below the...

22/02/2023

Trade Update – 22nd February 2023: AUSTRALIA & PNG AWAIT TRADE REPORT, PRIME MINISTERS TO TALK TRADE OVER CRICKET, AUSTRALIA READIES FOR BRUSSELS and many more…

Trade Update – 22nd February 2023: AUSTRALIA & PNG AWAIT TRADE REPORT, PRIME MINISTERS TO TALK TRADE OVER CRICKET, AUSTRALIA READIES FOR BRUSSELS and many more… Weekly trade review provided by Chatto Creek Advisory Pty. Chatto Creek Advisory Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based strategic consultancy spe...

21/02/2023

Cost of Shipping is number one challenge for ecommerce today

Cost of Shipping is number one challenge for ecommerce today The cost of shipping is the number one challenge for ecommerce today, according to a recent report released in the US. Nearly 47 per cent of consumers will spend a minimum amount to get free shipping. Forty-two percent of consumers say the...

20/02/2023

Carriers and Shippers Looking at Wind Power as Propellant

Carriers and Shippers Looking at Wind Power as Propellant It was talked about quite a fair bit a few years ago but in a bid to look at sustainability and all options available, shipping is again considering the power of wind to transport goods. From giant kites to towering sails, technologies are be...

17/02/2023

FMC planning to act on complaints against carriers

FMC planning to act on complaints against carriers The Federal Maritime Commission is preparing to ramp up investigations into carriers this year following two years of congestion and high fees in the shipping industry. The FMC is currently working through more than 200 complaints against carriers.....

16/02/2023

Amazon Cutting Back on Airfreight Foray

Amazon Cutting Back on Airfreight Foray One of Amazon’s key air cargo operators has said e-commerce giant Amazon is scaling back on flights this year, citing lower demand and slower economic growth. Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), which runs a significant portion of Amazon’s air cargo fleet...

15/02/2023

Trade Update – 15th February 2023: AUSTRALIAN TRADE MINISTER TO VISIT CHINA, USTR VISITS VIETNAM & MALAYSIA, EU REPORTS AUSTRALIAN FTA PROGRESS and many more…

Trade Update – 15th February 2023: AUSTRALIAN TRADE MINISTER TO VISIT CHINA, USTR VISITS VIETNAM & MALAYSIA, EU REPORTS AUSTRALIAN FTA PROGRESS and many more… Weekly trade review provided by Chatto Creek Advisory Pty. Chatto Creek Advisory Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based strategic consultancy speci...

14/02/2023

Empty Shipping Containers “Piling Up” All Over the World

Empty Shipping Containers “Piling Up” All Over the World THE return to ‘supply chain normalization’ has led to the container liner industry being hobbled by an estimated surplus of 5 million TEU of boxes, piled high on storage quays and in depots around the world. Weak consumer demand and co...

13/02/2023

Deadly earthquake paralyses Turkish ports

Deadly earthquake paralyses Turkish ports THE devastating earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale on the border between Turkey and Syria on February 6 has led to many Turkish ports facing operational challenges. LimakPort Iskenderun, located in the Mediterranean coastal town of Iskenderun in t...

11/02/2023

DP World sees growth in 2022

DP World sees growth in 2022 DP World handled 79 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals for 2022, a 1.4 year-over-year increase and 2.8 per cent rise on a like-for-like basis. In Q4 2022, DP World handled 19.5 million TEU, a 2.4 per cent surge on a like-for-like basis. The co...

10/02/2023

Supply chain experts: Post-Covid sourcing diversification will reshape trade and shipping flows

Supply chain experts: Post-Covid sourcing diversification will reshape trade and shipping flows Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and India amongst the ‘winners’ of post-Covid sourcing changes. Non-China supply chains will force carriers to reorganise shipping services. Largest container ships may su...

08/02/2023

Trade Update – 8th February 2023: AUSTRALIA & CHINA TALK TRADE, UK TRADE MINISTER VISITS ASEAN ECONOMIES, SINGAPORE & EU SIGN DIGITAL AGREEMENT and many more…

Trade Update – 8th February 2023: AUSTRALIA & CHINA TALK TRADE, UK TRADE MINISTER VISITS ASEAN ECONOMIES, SINGAPORE & EU SIGN DIGITAL AGREEMENT and many more… Weekly trade review provided by Chatto Creek Advisory Pty. Chatto Creek Advisory Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based strategic consultancy speci...

07/02/2023

Zebra Survey Shows Six-in-10 Consumers in APAC to Prefer Hybrid EVs in The Future

06/02/2023

Record-breaking fall in long-term rates for ocean freight, as carriers brace for stormy 2023

Record-breaking fall in long-term rates for ocean freight, as carriers brace for stormy 2023 Xeneta CEO Patrik Berglund   January proved to be a dramatic month for long-term ocean freight rates, with the latest data from the Xeneta Shipping Index (XSI®) showing the largest ever month-on-month decl...

04/02/2023

Container Data points to expectations of Demand revival as China reopens and rates stabilize

February Global Market Forecaster by Container xChange Container Data points to expectations of Demand revival as China reopens and rates stabilize CAx (Container Availability Index) January readings show greater congestion at ports in China as compared to last three years; indicating more container...

03/02/2023

Shipping Lines Acting to Counter Slowing Demand

Shipping Lines Acting to Counter Slowing Demand In an effort to counter slowing demand, shipping lines are reverting to slow steaming and deploying extra tonnage on more robust routes as they aim to take surplus capacity. Many look at the transatlantic tradelane as a good option. Maersk declared it....

02/02/2023

Trade Update – 1st February 2023: AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY FACES GAS SHORTAGE, INDONESIA CHALLENGES DUTIES, WTO APPOINTS TWO KEY COMMITTEE LEADERS and many more…

Trade Update – 1st February 2023: AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY FACES GAS SHORTAGE, INDONESIA CHALLENGES DUTIES, WTO APPOINTS TWO KEY COMMITTEE LEADERS and many more… Weekly trade review provided by Chatto Creek Advisory Pty. Chatto Creek Advisory Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based strategic consultancy special...

01/02/2023

China Export Volume Dips but Expected to Rebound in February

China Export Volume Dips but Expected to Rebound in February China’s index of export container transport declined in the week ending January 13, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. The average China Containerised Freight Index (CCFI) went down 4.3 per cent to 1,201.55 from the previous we...

31/01/2023

Cold reception for reefers in China sees volumes, and rates, slip on main Europe to Far East trade

Cold reception for reefers in China sees volumes, and rates, slip on main Europe to Far East trade Peter Sand, Chief Analyst, Xeneta   The traditionally resilient trade in reefers from Europe to the Far East appears to be slowly succumbing to the same market forces as the rest of the containerized ...