June 22, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Shanghai will be hosting the Ninth International Heavy Haul Conference this week. China has invested a significant amount of resources into improving their railway system for shipping and this is their opportunity to show off their progress. The conference will focus on new technologies such as advanced technologies and equipment in the fields of heavy haul, high speed, operations management, locomotives and rolling stock, communications and signalling, operational safety, and information technologies. Full details available here.

December 17, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Shipping routes between China and Taiwan opened this week. This is the first time since 1949 that there will be direct routes. This will eliminate the costly practice of shipping goods through Hong Kong. The immediate effect will be that people who ocean ship will save approximately 50 million dollars. In the long term, this is an important step in the development of Taiwan's attempt to be a transport and logistics hub in the Asia-Pacific area.

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October 23, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

It was recently announced that China's economic growth in the 3rd quarter was 9% compared to 10.1% in 2007. This is due to slower exports, investment and consumption. One industry that has not been hit as hard is the logistics industry. Analysts are projecting continued growth for the industry in 2009 and have stated "Asia Pacific region is the best placed to weather the current financial and economic storm."

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September 19, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

In the past few months, China has struggled with the capacity of their ports. In the north, building of new ports has not kept up with growing demand. In the south the opposite is true. Production has slowed in many areas, but the government has already invested in increasing the capactiy of the local ports. Growth of the logistics centers in the south are currently outpacing the growth of production.

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September 8, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Transfer Logistics is set to open their new logistics center in Chengdu, China. The center will eventually have a capacity of 24 million tons of cargo. This is the second logistics center opened by Transfer Logistics. They plan on opening a total of 10 centers all across China. They will serve as transaction, information, warehousing and distribution centers.

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