Automotive market of Kazakhstan has established a record of sales growth, consulting company Qncepto published the review of the Kazakh market of new cars produced on the territory of Kazakhstan and other CIS countries.
According to the information, sales dealers of Kazakhstan noticed the increase of 32% in April against the previous month. This is a sharp breakthrough of Kazakh market, which demonstrated the efficiency after the crisis.
So, the last month was the most "fruitful" in the history of domestic auto business. In the showrooms of the country were sold 7,868 new cars and light commercial vehicles. Buying activity is characterized not only by the highest growth rates, but also by their persistence against the backdrop of the last year. During February-April, the growth rate kept within 132-138%. Thus, the increase in April 2012 was 135.9%.
Kazakhstan sold 22,822 cars, or 137.3% in Q1 of this year to last year's volume. These rates are significantly higher than the rate of growth.
According to BNews.kz, sources of growth of the market remain the same: 70.6% were in the dynamics of vehicles produced in Russia and Kazakhstan, 29.4% growth was achieved by imports from Uzbekistan, Ukraine and other countries.
Central Asian News Service, en.ca-news.org
MEMBER carriers of Asia Australia Discussion Agreement (AADA) plan to adjust the bunker surcharges to US$675 per TEU and $1,350 per FEU for dry and refrigerated containers from June 16 due to recent decrease in the price of oil in Hong Kong and South Korea.
AADA is a voluntary discussion forum of ocean carriers serving the trade from north and east Asia to destinations in Australia, whose members include ANL, CSCL, Cosco, Hamburg Sud, Hanjin, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), "K" Line, MSC, MOL, NYK and OOCL.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
ORIENT Overseas Container Line (OOCL) announced that it will put a general rate increase (GRI) into effect on cargo moving in both directions on the trans-Atlantic trade starting from July 1.
This is the second time OOCL has posted a trans-Atlantic GRI this year. It raised rates on April 1 on all westbound cargo moving between Europe, Canada, and the US via Canadian ports.
"Ocean freight rates continue to be below the required level to cover basic operating costs or transportation costs on our trans-Atlantic trade," the shipping carrier said in a statement.
OOCL's newest trans-Atlantic rate increases are: US$450 per TEU and $600 per FEU and 45-foot-container for both westbound and eastbound and applicable to dry and reefer cargo on all the routes and services between Europe, Canada and the US via Canadian ports; $400 per TEU and $500 per FEU and 45-foot container for both westbound and eastbound and applicable to dry and reefer cargo on all the routes and service between Europe and the US; and $200 per TEU and $300 per FEU and 45-foot container for both westbound and eastbound and applicable to dry and reefer cargo on all the routes and services between Europe and Mexico.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
THE World Bank has cut its forecast for China's 2012 growth to 8.2 per cent from 8.4 per cent, but said the government still has plenty of firepower to avoid a "hard landing," reports the Financial Times.
The bank advised that more stimulus spending should not be credit-driven or focus on infrastructure investment. "The burden of any countercyclical response should fall on fiscal policy," it said in the organisation's regional bi-annual report.
"Fiscal measures to support consumption, such as targeted tax cuts, social welfare spending and other social expenditures, should be viewed as the first priority," the report said.
Separately, China's State Council said the government would "proactively take policies and measures to expand demand and to create a favourable policy environment for stable and relatively fast growth", including speeding up planned rail, environment and rural infrastructure projects.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
BARLOWORLD Logistics has for the third time in a row landed the contract for Hong Kong's largest bi-annual wine exhibition, Vinexpo Asia Pacific that will be held at the city's Convention and Exhibition Centre from May 29 - 31.
Barloworld was awarded the contract for the event by W&S Logistics, the official French logistics partner of organizer Vinexpo Asia Pacific.
Barloworld will appoint a team of wine logistics experts to manage stock replenishment and the on-site supply of alcohol products to exhibitors. Wines will be stored in optimal temperature controlled conditions and extra care will be taken to handle the fragile packaging of the products. A major challenge will be to deal with a large number of enquiries from exhibitors in a short period of time.
In Hong Kong the wine logistics team will work closely with customs to ensure legal compliance for the import and export of wine and spirits in a city that has become the world's leading wine trading hub.
Compared to the previous exhibition in 2010, this year floor space has been expanded by 25 per cent, with 1,000 exhibitors and 15,000 wine professionals expected to visit the event.
"We have configured a high quality logistics solution for Vinexpo to ensure we can efficiently handle the large volumes of liquor and wine during the three days," said William Tang, managing director of Barloworld Logistics' Far East business, in a company statement.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
SINGAPORE-based group Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary, Sembawang Shipyard, has secured three contracts worth SGD130 million (US$101.5 million) to repair and upgrade floating storage and offloading (FSO) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels.
The first contract was awarded by Angola-based oil company, Sonangol Pesquisa e Producao SA, to manage major repair and upgrading work of its 20-year old FSO Palanca which is expected at the shipyard by August. The work will include the renewal of the ship's cargo piping system and pumps, tank blasting and coating, and cables renewal for the electrical system, according to ProcurementAsia.
Sembawang Shipyard has also been awarded the Favoured Customer Contract for two LNG carriers' life extension projects by Australia-based shipping service provider North West Shelf Shipping Service Company. The two vessels are expected to enter the shipyard in June and September this year.
"These sophisticated projects demand strong engineering and project management skills to be executed in a safe environment and we are confident that through close collaboration with our partners, we will deliver the projects on time and to owners' high QHSE standards," Ong Poh Kwee, managing director of Sembawang Shipyard said.
Earlier this month, Sembcorp subsidiaries Sembcorp Marine, Sembcorp Development and Sembcorp Utilities expanded their businesses outside of Singapore to Malaysia and China.
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DAMCO, the global logistics business unit of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, has announced that first quarter 2012 profit was US$7 million, the same amount recorded in the corresponding prior year period.
EBIT fell by 19 per cent year on year to US$13 million. The EBIT margin decreased to 1.8 per cent, down from 2.3 per cent in 2011.
The company said in a statement that trading was in line with last year, but results were negatively affected by the costs associated with the recent restructuring of Damco's European activities into mature and developing markets.
"We will absorb additional cost in the first two quarters because of the restructuring of our European region into East and West. This is the right thing to do to position us for the years to come. When the changes are all implemented at the end of Q2, Damco will be in a stronger position to address the very different needs of these diverse markets," said Damco CEO, Rolf Habben-Jansen.
First quarter gross profit rose by 8 per cent to US$190 million compared to the same period a year earlier, on a net revenue increase of 8 per cent to US$738 million.
The company said the results show its commercial strategy of increased focus on large and medium sized customers in selected industry verticals and enhanced local field sales is delivering the performance expected.
In the first three months of the year, total ocean freight volumes increased by 6 per cent to 187,000 TEU slightly ahead of the market, while air freight tonnage grew by 135 per cent to 40,000 tonnes. This reflects the acquisition of Chinese air freight forwarder NTS in August 2011, as well as a number of large customer wins. Excluding NTS, the company registered a volume growth of 37 per cent, in spite of an overall declining airfreight market.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
THE freight management subsidiary of SNCF Geodis, Geodis Wilson, says it is expanding its trucking operations to include China, an extension of its existing routes through Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Indochina region.
The full cross-border route between Singapore and China covers a total distance of 5,950 km and has a lead-time of 6-7 days. Customers can choose between full container load (FCL) services, or less than container load (LCL) services. FCL containers are sealed from door-to-door and opened only if required by border customs, while LCL containers are consolidated at the company's facilities along the route, and fed into the main road network by regional trucks.
"One distinctive element of our cross border trucking product is the range of security measures. They enable us to monitor and protect cargoes and help to ensure that our clients' goods can be delivered on time. This includes solid contingency mechanisms, for instance in case of severe weather, complex customs clearing or for accident prevention," said Chris Lee, regional director cross border trucking, in a report by Transport Intelligence.
Geodis Wilson began cross-border trucking services in Southeast Asia in 1995 with services between Malaysia and Thailand and this was extended to Singapore in 1996. The company has been operating daily scheduled LCL services since 1999, providing full customs clearance support to shipments.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
NUREMBERG, Germany-headquartered Continental Temic, a supplier of electronic chassis components for the automotive industry, and DB Schenker have signed a three-year contract for the warehousing of raw materials for storage and delivery to the production line for its Taguig plant, Philippines of electronic brake systems and security systems.
The contract is the first with Continental Temic in contract logistics for DB Schenker which holds responsibility for its customs clearance and the management of an external overflow warehouse.
"This contract could be the kick-off for further warehouse activities for Continental in Asia," said Marcus Balzereit, Schenker Philippines logistics director in a statement. "The agreement is an important step towards the development of our business relationships."
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
2012-05-29
SWISSPORT International has been awarded a contract to handle all of Air Berlin's flights at Zurich Airport, along with those of subisidiary airline NIKI, amounting to more than 8,000 flights per year to and from Zurich.
In a long-term contract, Swissport will begin ground-handling operations for Austrian airline NIKI from September 2012 and will handle Air Berlin flights from January 2013. Services for Air Berlin and NIKI will include check-in, loading and unloading of aircrafts.
"Air Berlin has established itself with a business model that combines high-quality products and services with reasonable prices, said Swissport International executive VP Philipp Joeinig.
"This combination places considerable demands on suppliers, but also reflects the values of Swissport, and the decision to choose Swissport to handle Air Berlin and NIKI flights in Zurich is a tribute to the quality and efficiency of Swissport Zurich and Swissport stations around the world," he added in a statement.
Swissport International Ltd provides ground services for around 108 million passengers and 3.2 million tonnes of cargo a year (the latter using 98 warehouses with a total floor area of over 350,000 square metres) on behalf of some 650 client-companies in the aviation sector.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
WORLDWIDE Flight Services (WFS) has announced that it is opening a new independent air cargo handling operation at Stockholm Arlanda Airport on June 1, to increase its presence in Scandinavia.
This follows the signing of a long-term agreement between the air cargo handling organisation and airport operator Swedavia.
The operation is located in a 3,000-square metre airside warehouse "fully equipped with all the features required to deliver a modern, fast and professional handling product," a company statement said.
The company's newest station will be connected to, and fully integrated with, its road feeder network that links all of its European stations, using dedicated truck services.
Martijn de Regt, who has over 20 years experience of working with the freight organisations Panalpina and ASP Logistics, will head up the new Stockholm operation. He will work closely with general manager for Scandinavia, Thomas Petersen.
"Copenhagen has been a great success story for WFS," said Marc Claesen, vice president for Northern Europe. "Opening a WFS operation at Stockholm Arlanda is a logical next step in our northern Europe development plans."
The company entered the Nordic air cargo market in 2006 with the opening of a newly-built cargo centre in Copenhagen. Since then, it has expanded its handling facility with 5,000 square metres of additional warehouse and office space and now handles 70,000 tons of flown, and trucked, cargo a year in Denmark for over 50 airlines.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
THE Department for Transport (DfT) in the United Kingdom has certified Morpho Detection's (MDI) Itemiser DX desktop explosives trace detection system for airfreight screening.
The certification allows deployment of the device throughout the country at air cargo facilities. A company statement said it will help air cargo operators and facilities improve the return on investments made in security infrastructure. The deployment of the device will also help improve efficiency.
The device is a portable, desktop instrument that is based on ITMS trace technology that allows it to analyse ions, both positive and negative, simultaneously from the sample. It can perform this analysis on a single sample.
Morpho Detection is the narcotics, explosives, biological, radiological, chemical and nuclear detection business of Morpho, which is a security unit of the Safran group.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
The respected German transport trade magazines Verkehrsrundschau and Trucker have given Scania the "Green Truck 2012” award. In a compilation of the extensive tests they carried out, Scania's R 480 Euro 6 tractor model came out on top in terms of environmental performance.
Scania's top ranking is a result of the truck's low fuel consumption and good load capacity, combined with the fact that Scania was alone in being able to deliver trucks with Euro 6 engines when the tests were conducted during 2011.
"The good results achieved by the Scania R 480 Euro 6 in these press tests confirm that Scania's engineers have done an excellent job in developing the Euro 6 engines by focusing on customer needs for efficient transport solutions," says Scania Deutschland's Sales Director Christian Teichmann.
More information about the tests and detailed results may be found on the magazine Verkehrsrundschau's home page: www.verkehrsrundschau.de/umweltranking
The new Euro 6 emission standard for heavy vehicles enters into force in the EU and in certain neighbouring countries starting on 31 December 2012 for new vehicle models and one year later for all vehicles. As early as March 2011, Scania unveiled trucks that comply with emission standards under the new regulations.
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The sides need to achieve compromise concerning the gauge width of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Transport and Communications Kalykbek Sultanov told Tazabek after the meeting of the special working group held in China in early May discussing this railway construction project.
The outcomes of the 3 previous meetings of the special working group and previously carried out work were summed up at the last meeting and the sides reached the consensus concerning several important issues, the Transport Minister said.
“As you know China proposes 1,435 mm gauge for construction of the Chinese and Kyrgyz sections of the railway. This proposal takes into account the prospective plans of construction of the trans-Asian railway from China to Iran through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan with 1,435 mm gauge width. We insist on use of our technical standards – 1,520 mm. Kyrgyzstan is in the 1,520 space comprising CIS countries and Baltic states, Mongolia and is bound with several international agreements,” the Minister explained.
Central Asian News Service, en.ca-news.org
Port operator remains focused on creating a regional port hub through investments to boost logistics chain efficiency, reduce costs and attract bigger vessels to its 12 ports
Jakarta, May 28, 2012 – IPC (Indonesia Port Corporation II) recorded approximately US$138.3 million (IDR1,269 billion) revenue in the first quarter of 2012, a 42% increase from US$97.4 (IDR894 billion) in the same period last year. Net profit rose by a significant 45.9% to US$54.3 million (IDR513 billion) the first quarter of 2011, reflecting continued growth for the port operator in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region due to an increase in traffic at the 12 ports it manages across Indonesia.
Revenue was derived from shipping services, goods services, tools provision, terminal services, container terminal services, land-building-water-electricity provision, miscellaneous facilities and partnerships with business associates.
IPC continues to focus on long-term sustainable growth by investing US$38.9 million (IDR357 billion) in the first quarter of 2012, accounting for 8.32% of the company’s total investment budget of US$468.7 million (IDR4.3 trillion) for the year.
“IPC is and will continue to invest significantly to improve port facilities and services, attracting bigger vessels to our ports and reducing Indonesia’s logistics costs. In doing so, we will create a regional port hub to serve a growing economy in Indonesia, Asia and the world,” said RJ. Lino, President Director of IPC.
Enhanced Port Services and Capacity
Investments include the installation of more gantry luffing cranes and development of a container terminal area in Tanjung Priok Port (Tanjung Priok), North Jakarta which is now able to harbour ships with throughput capacity of up to 5,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) of containers. Tanjung Priok is currently handling 1.4 million TEUs, a 13.6% increase from last year.
IPC is also kick-starting the development of Kalibaru Port (New Priok), an extension of the Tanjung Priok after receiving the presidential decree in April 2012. New Priok will be the largest port development in Indonesia, tripling the capacity of Tanjung Priok to over 18 million TEUs when fully completed in 2023. The first phase of development, which will provide an additional capacity of approximately 4.5 million TEUs, will begin operations of its first terminal by 2014.
Investments in other ports include large-scale improvements of Pontianak Port in West Kalimantan and Banten Port in West Java, as well as the construction of stock pile coal in Jambi Port and channel dredging of Bengkulu Port in Sumatra.
Increased Efficiency
IPC is extending the application of its comprehensive Information and Communications Technology (ICT) which centralizes and streamlines processes at its ports. The car terminal in Tanjung Priok and Teluk Bayur Container Terminal in Padang, West Sumatra are the fifth and sixth IPC subsidiary and port branch to incorporate these systems.
27 cranes have also been added across five ports to shorten the loading and unloaded process, along with eight additional boats to support operations in IPC’s two port branches of Tanjung Priok as well as Port of Panjang in Lampung, Sumatra.
Human Capital Development
As part of its ongoing human capital development programme, IPC has also allocated US$62.79 million (IDR576.05 billion) in 2012 for employees to pursue master’s degrees and training programmes in relevant disciplines worldwide including Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and China. This accounts for 13.4% of its total investment budget for the year.
Ensuring Sustainable Growth
IPC continues building its refreshed vision with the development of a strategic roadmap and implementation of corporate restructuring to boost overall operations and services.
The port operator also initiated a study to establish nine subsidiaries which will be incorporated systematically based on IPC’s five priorities namely; PT Car Terminal Indonesia, PT Terminal Peti Kemas Indonesia, PT Terminal Tanjung Priok, PT Marine Services Indonesia and PT Indonesia Logistic Community Service.
*US$1 = IDR9,174
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