There is no doubt that the Yangshan Deepwater Port offshore from Shanghai is an impressive feat of construction as is the 32 km bridge that supports a six-lane highway and connects the port to the mainland. Nothing new really, we all know Communist countries can do impressive feats of construction. But will it ever live up to its promises?

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Companies sourcing in China will pay more attention to logistics costs ? not just the product cost.
Measuring logistics costs between regions ? what is the total landed cost from factory to customer?
Transportation cost will continue to be the most noticed and watched cost in logistics.
Total supply chain strategy ? including inventory management ? can drive logistics cost improvement.

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Gulf-state backed Dubai Ports World was close to agreeing an offer to buy British ports and ferries company P&O for more than 3 billion pounds, a source familiar with the situation said on Saturday. The source added a deal could be announced early next week.

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China’s state-owned China Shipping Group may launch a project to develop a transshipment container terminal on the Greek island of Crete, reports business Times Singapore.

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The global trade of manufactured goods increases, on average, 6 percent per year, yet most global trade activity is underautomated. Global trade management is a fragmented, rapidly evolving emerging market, with multiple solutions needed to assemble a complete GTM portfolio.

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IBM has launched Global Movement Management, a new strategic initiative designed to bring greater security and reliability to the movement of people, goods, money, information and transportation equipment around the world.

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Traditional kanban systems give simple signals to suppliers that materials required to keep production lines running at optimum speeds have to be restocked.

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DHL, the world’s leading global express delivery and logistics company, plans to build its largest U.S. on-airport service center facility at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. DHL expects to invest $6 million in the development of the new facility, consolidating four Charlotte, N.C.-area facilities into a single service center location.

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DFDS Roland Munch A/S takes over Frigoscandia’s activities within domestic transport of cooled and refrigerated goods as at 1 January 2006. Furthermore, 19 lorries with trailers are taken over concurrently with DFDS Roland Munch renting parts of Frigoscandia’s facilities in Horsens. All drivers are offered employment in DFDS Roland Munch, a subsidiary of DFDS Transport Group A/S.

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Norway Post has entered into an agreement to acquire Frigoscandia (FSD HoldCo AB). Frigoscandia has a strong Nordic position within the market for temperature-controlled third-party logistics and transport, and its acquisition represents an important contribution to Norway Post?s continued development of its logistics operations in the Nordic countries.

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