DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d6bd06/india_shipping_rep) has announced the addition of the "India Shipping Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. India's economy and trade continues to expand rapidly. BMI expects this growth...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f0bd72/egypt_shipping_rep) has announced the addition of the "Egypt Shipping Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. El-Dekheila - Egypt's Mediterranean Port of El-Dekheila, near Alexandria, was hit by...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c98a50/russia_shipping_re) has announced the addition of the "Russia Shipping Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. Russia's Far Eastern ports, known traditionally for their role in the country's...
LONDON -- In 2010, the new orders obtained by China shipbuilding industry valued USD36.3 billion, accounting for 38% of the global market and surpassing the 37% taken by South Korea. From January to...
Greenbrier Cos., a maker of freight cars to handle intermodal containers and trailers, posted net income of $14.5 million in the first quarter of its 2012 fiscal year, buoyed by strong orders for...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/158e1c/qatar_freight_tran) has announced the addition of the "Qatar Freight Transport Report 2012" report to their offering. By laying the foundations for its new port in October, Qatar hopes...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the West Virginia Public Port Authority $12 million to help construct the long-proposed intermodal terminal along the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks near the community of Prichard...
Tokyo, Dec 22, 2011 - (JCN) - Six container shipping lines have agreed to create one of the largest vessel networks in the Far East-to-Europe trade lane. The comprehensive agreement will bring together...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5e1e8d/oman_shipping_repo) has announced the addition of the "Oman Shipping Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. Oman continues to develop itself into a regional powerhouse for the shipping and...
The Anshan Iron and Steel Group said recently that it has clinched a strategic partnership with the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, the world's largest container shipping operator. The two sides signed a strategic cooperation...
In this era of high-tech computerization, information overload and growth in personal services, we sometimes forget about the most basic needs of our region. In the industrial real estate market, the movement of...
DUBAI (ICIS)--Saudi Kayan has awarded a site logistics contract for its new ethanolamines and ethoxylates facility at Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, to an affiliate of Alfred Talke, Richard Heath, Alfred Talke's director for Middle...
Third-party logistics provider Transplace won a contract from manufacturer and distributor Winston International to handle container shipping from Ningbo, China, to Long Beach, Calif. Transplace, Frisco, Texas, said Dec. 6 that the arrangement...
New Name Captures Recent Service Innovations and Strategic Direction ATLANTA -- Chainalytics LLC, a leading supply chain research, analytics, and advisory firm focused on enabling fact-based supply chain decisions, announced today that it...
Between 1980 and 2007 global trade grew to account for 27% of the global economy. Global trade in industrial goods, commodities and services was worth $14trn in 2009. During this period of expansion,...
During what was a poorly attended keynote address at the International Workboat Show's Shipyard Day earlier this month, U.S. Maritime Administrator David Matsuda unveiled MarAd's 11 vessel concept designs for operation on America's...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One glance around a typical Alaska office or home reveals a startling fact: Nearly everything arrived from somewhere else by container ship. Every computer, desk, table, refrigerator; every automobile, spare tire,...
Born in 1914 to a North Carolina farming family, Malcom McLean started his own trucking company at age 20 to transport farmers' goods and supplies. Throughout the next few years, he learned how...
Cargo volumes are continuing to grow strongly in all parts of Africa, particularly at the continent's ports. The performance of Nigerian ports has been typical, with 40.6m tonnes handled during the first half...
Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services group said Nov. 8 it is enhancing its growing equipment fleet of more than 45,000 units with the acquisition of 222 new 40-foot, high cube refrigerated containers (reefers)...