global seafreight forwarder * Sustained year-on-year double digit growth in managed freight * Solid partnerships with an extensive range of preferred ocean carriers Airfreight: * Top 3 global air cargo forwarder * Leader in innovative cargo management concepts * Global Cargo 2000 Phase 2 certification Contract Logistics & Lead Logistics: * Top 3 global contract logistics provider * Worldwide network of warehouse and distribution facilities * Top 1 global lead logistics
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road vehicle. In heath perspective‚ carbon monoxide reduce flow of oxygen in the bloodstream and dangerous for people who has heart disease. Road transport become disadvantage to carry heavy cargo especially for long journey‚ it is because the vehicle has limited weight can be carry at one time. The overload cargo can cause nonfunctional of vehicle and accident. The bad weather can influence time of shipment mostly during winter season such as heave fog and snowfalls. Heavy rain also can be a reason
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SWOT analysis for COSCO SWOT analysis in detail Strengths Brand effect and brand benefit China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) is Chinas largest leading group in global shipping‚ ranking the 327th in Fortune Global 500. Also‚ COSCO is one of the top 5 container liner in the world. Therefore‚ there are lots of global investors and vendors choose COSCO. Wide range of business COSCO provided wide range of service. For shipping‚ it provided container shipping‚ bulk shipping‚ tanker shipping and passenger
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the past five years. This may be the main issue to cause Hanjin bankruptcy due to financial cash flow problems. The global economic downturn in recent years severely will affect profits indirectly across the cargo shipping industry. It slows down the global trade and next‚ affects the cargo shipping industry. Fierce competition and falling prices had lead to a $5.4bn (£4.1bn) debt for Hanjin shipping company before its creditors refused to offer a new lifeline. Next‚ the company’s ships out at sea
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Transport; Containerization Transport or transportation is the movement of people‚ animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air‚ rail‚ road‚ water‚ cable‚ pipeline‚ and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure‚ vehicles‚ and operations. Transport is important since it enables trade between people‚ which in turn establishes civilizations. The transport systems
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airports in Belgium that have different functions‚ ex: military‚ civil‚ military/civil with Brussels international airport being the main one and the hub for many cargo airlines. Brussels international airport with almost 22 million passengers arriving and departing the airport as of 2014. This graph shows the amount in tons of cargo that was imported/exported in the airport during 2012 and 2013: http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/cf/res/pdf/en/brutrends13 http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi
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in manufacturing. With increased specialization and globalization‚ production is being located further away from consumption‚ rapidly increasing the demand for transport. While all modes of transport are used for cargo transport‚ there is high differentiation between the nature of the cargo transport‚ in which mode is chosen. Logistics refers to the entire process of transferring products from producer to consumer‚ including storage‚ transport‚ transshipment‚ warehousing‚ material-handling and packaging
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One analysis in the late 1950s concluded that 60-75% of the cost of transporting cargo by sea was made up of portside costs‚ while another study of a specific ship voyage found cargo handling made up about 37% of total costs (Levinson‚ 2006). These costs not only included labor‚ but the loss of time and damage including theft to cargo waiting to be loaded onto a ship while other goods were being unloaded. A cargo ship typically spent as much time in port being loaded and unloaded as it did sailing
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On December 6th 1917 two cargo ships traveling through Halifax harbour collided‚ creating the largest explosion until the detonation of the atomic bomb. The explosion killed many people and devastated Halifax‚ its harbour and the neighbouring towns of Richmond and Darmouth. The towns surrounding the harbour were thriving thanks to the war overseas and their populations grew drastically. Halifax quickly became a "boom" town by 1917‚ only three years after the war. Halifax’s population was about 50
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Abstract A sophisticated and widespread transportation mode is absolutely essential for the efficient mobility of passengers and goods. This report first investigates the various economical‚ cost and environmental factors specific to maritime transportation. This investigation includes a comparative analysis between maritime‚ land and air transport. Lastly‚ the growing demand in marine transportation and the multitude reasons that make shipping one of the most globalized
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