India may sequence its agreeing to the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement depending on its strategic interests, but the country must improve on its own cross-border highly under-performing trade logistics resulting in shipping cost of export from India twice over China and near about three times that from Singapore, The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry […]
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Dorian LPG Ltd., has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with HNA Logistics Group Co. Ltd. to explore opportunities in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) logistics market. Director and Vice President of HNA Logistics, Ximen Chen, said: “We will jointly engage in the development of green energy logistics which includes LPG vessel investment, gas […]
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GAC has boosted its logistics business in Mexico by signing an agency agreement with Grupo MS, a customs broker and freight forwarding company based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Grupo MS now joins GAC’s global logistics network as a local partner, opening the door to companies located in Mexico to a joint portfolio of integrated […]
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Rand Logistics, Inc. has entered into a contract with the Chengxi Shipyard for the construction and assembly of a new forebody which will be affixed to the aft section of the company’s recently acquired Danish flagged chemical tanker. When introduced into service in the second half of calendar 2015, this vessel will increase the size of Rand’s fleet to […]
Buckingham Group has won a contract to build the Common User Facility (CUF) as part of DP World London Gateway Logistics Park. Following a period of ground preparation and development of key infrastructure by DP World, Buckingham Group is now mobilising to start construction, with the new logistics centre planned for completion in Q1 2015. The 375,000 square foot […]
Port of Rotterdam has signed a global partner deal with TOC Worldwide, organiser of the global TOC portfolio of port-centric maritime trade and supply chain events. The two partners said that the new agreement reflects a mutual commitment to foster greater dialogue and co-operation across international supply chains, at a time when global freight transport […]
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Unithai has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Chin Corp Myanmar to establish Unithai Chin Corp Logistics (Myanmar) Limited, a joint-venture company that will operate as UNICHIN, providing an entire range of shipping and freight-forwarding services in Myanmar. Chin Corp is a leading Myanmar-based conglomerate that has strong partnership with major international firms in Myanmar. […]
NKT Cables established its submarine cable Logistics Centre at Rotterdam’s deep-water port in the Netherlands. The centre with its present 9,000 tonne and 4,600 tonne turntable capacity has been implemented within the NKT Cables production flow, in order to provide a substantial logistics capacity. With its unique cable splicing technology, NKT Cables can connect long […]
BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has announced that it has been confirmed as design contractor for the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation’s (NDLO) logistics and support vessel (LSV), supported by sister companies BMT Reliability Consultants Ltd and BMT Isis Ltd. The new logistic support vessel will be built by 85, Da-dong, Jung-gu, […]
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Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has been selected to provide support logistics to the Jan De Nul Group for an offshore energy megaproject in Australia. The Belgium-based Jan De Nul Group specialises in dredging operations around the world and has appointed ISS Australia as its agent for the importation of […]
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