NOTICIAS MES DE JULIO DE 2001 (NEWS)

 

31/07/01 Port of Savannah Sets New Record As Millionth TEU Milestone is Reached

The Port of Savannah has broken yet another record by handling more than 1,000,000 TEU's during Fiscal Year 2001 (ending June 30, 2001). Figures of 1,020,000 TEU's surpasses last fiscal year's record of 849,386 TEU's by 20%.

Having established the first fully operational container terminal in the U.S. South Atlantic some three decades ago, the Port of Savannah joins an exclusive list of approximately 50 ports worldwide that report annual container throughput levels exceeding 1 million TEU's.

"With the arrival of Savannah's millionth TEU, there's a sense of excitement and accomplishment that permeates throughout the entire Georgia maritime community," stated Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Doug J. Marchand. "We have to begin by congratulating everyone involved- our customers, our employees, the entire maritime community and transportation providers, to the stevedores and freight forwarders. This was an all-out team effort and I thank each and everyone involved for their contributions toward this extraordinary accomplishment."

The Port of Savannah will have achieved 13 consecutive years of record container throughput growth. In fact, during that 13 year span the port will have moved more than 8 million TEU's, enough to stretch end to end for 30,000 miles (48,280 km).

During Fiscal Year 2001, 46% of Savannah's 1.02 million TEU's were import related. Fueled by such cargo as department store goods (i.e. textiles, electronics, toys, etc.), a large portion of which is of Asian origin, an increasing percentage of this cargo is destined to high-volume import distribution centers in the Savannah area.

Added Marchand, "To sustain our growth and our vital role as one of Georgia's most productive economic engines, we will aggressively challenge the competition and we will sensibly plan and implement improvements to further enhance our services in order to meet our customers' diversified needs."

Since Fiscal Year 1995, the GPA has invested more than $180 million in Savannah's container terminal operations and over $240 million in facility improvements overall.

A ceremony marking the 1 millionth TEU achievement was held before Georgia maritime professionals and elected officials. During the event, a container symbolic of the 1 millionth unit was lowered from a berthed vessel by container crane to an awaiting jockey. Adorned with a banner reading "Thanks A Million. Celebrating the Port of Savannah's 1 Millionth TEU during Fiscal Year 2001.", the container was positioned near the crowd for photo opportunities and a post-ceremony news conference given by GPA Executive Director Doug J. Marchand.

Georgia's public and private port sector activities directly or indirectly support 80,100 jobs.

26/07/01 CargoSmart, the Internet portal has been selected by COSCO Container Lines and MISC to Provide Shippers with One-Stop Access to Carrier Information.

CargoSmartT (www.cargosmart.com), a supply chain visibility portal that provides shippers with one-stop access to transit information around the globe, announced that it has signed Memorandum(s) of Understanding (MOU) with two of the world's leading carriers, COSCO Container Lines (COSCON) and MISC, to add them to its portal. The deals mark an important milestone for CargoSmart in achieving its mission to provide shippers with access to transit information from multiple carriers worldwide.

"COSCON and MISC have joined already participating carrier OOCL as premier members of our service," said Joseph O'Brien, Director of Marketing at CargoSmart. "Since our launch in October last year we have grown our customer base to over 500 companies who log onto our service an average of over 8000 times per month and in addition receive customized proactive email notifications on all shipment transactions.

By providing one-stop access to information from three of the world's most frequently used carriers, the CargoSmart service can now help shippers streamline their business operations and save valuable time. The service provides carriers' customers with real-time shipping details, international sailing schedules, shipment event-driven notifications, tariff information and online booking processing.

"Joining this growing network of carriers is a strategic move for our business," said Ms. Ye Qingyuan, Deputy Manager of E-Commerce Department at COSCON. "Providing our customers with the ability to review the supply chain process from one place will increase their efficiency levels, reduce their administrative costs and enhance their level of satisfaction with our service."

"What attracted us to working with CargoSmart is the customer service enhancements we can offer to our shippers combined with up-to-the-minute tracking information," said Abdul Aziz Meor Ngah, Senior General Manager, Liner Logistic Business Unit at MISC. "Making shipping information visible to our customers at the click of a button will provide us with a competitive edge."

CargoSmart's recently announced partnership with Hewlett-Packard has now been implemented to ensure that CargoSmart's multiple-carrier customer data is kept completely private and secure. Hewlett-Packard will host all of CargoSmart's data and provide customers with a 24-hour multi-lingual help desk.

About CargoSmart

CargoSmart (www.cargosmart.com) was designed with customer and carrier efficiency in mind and is an open software platform that provides customers with the ability to manage their shipments with multiple carriers on line.

About COSCON

COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd (COSCON), with a fleet of 117 full container vessels and a total capacity of more than 220,000TEU, is operating over 20 trunk services and calling more than 100 major ports all over the world.

About MISC

Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad (MISC) is the leading national shipping line of Malaysia. The principal business of the Corporation consists of ship-owning, ship-operating and other logistics and maritime transportation services. MISC provides liner services through its 27 containerships, which call regularly at ports in Europe, Mediterranean, South Africa, Gulf, Australia, New Zealand, East Asia and South East Asia.

About OOCL

OOCL, headquartered in Hong Kong, is a global container transportation and logistic provider operating from 160 offices in 50 countries. Linking Asia, Europe, North America, the Mediterranean, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East and Australia / New Zealand.

25/07/01 Kuehne & Nagel, Premier global logistics provider selects the ocean portal INTTRA to connect customers, carriers and logistics providers on a uniform platform.

INTTRA (www.inttra.com), the leading provider of B2B ocean freight services, announced it has been selected by Kuehne & Nagel International AG (www.kuehne-nagel.com), one of the world's leading logistics groups, as its Web-based ocean-going transportation portal of choice. Kuehne & Nagel joins INTTRA as a logistics provider and has committed to use INTTRA for its full container load shipments.

Ken Bloom, Chief Executive of INTTRA said, "We are pleased that an industry leader like Kuehne & Nagel has elected to join the INTTRA network. This selection marks a major milestone in INTTRA's mission to provide a transparent and efficient portal to the ocean-going supply chain community. INTTRA's non-exclusive, open portal provides more options to shippers - more choices of carriers, schedules and services - and the addition of a marquee logistics provider such as Kuehne & Nagel validates our vision for a worldwide solution.

Klaus Herms, Chief Executive of Kuehne & Nagel said, "We believe the industry is best served by a neutral, industry backed portal. We determined that INTTRA is the portal for the industry, providing the best portal to link us to the leading carriers, and support our goal of giving our customers easy visibility of everything that happens in the supply chain 24 x 7 worldwide access to data.

INTTRA's Web-based portal enables shippers, freight forwarders, third party logistics providers, brokers, importers and industry portals to manage the booking and tracking of cargo across multiple shipping lines in a single integrated process. The INTTRA solution will deliver cost savings by directly connecting carriers, logistics providers and customers. Kuehne & Nagel plans to complete implementation during Q4 2001.

The INTTRA solution is designed to go beyond just port-to-port - it standardizes and supports door-to-door ocean transport services for customers of the participating carriers and logistics providers.

Kuehne & Nagel joins INTTRA along with ocean carriers including: Alianca, ANL, CMA CGM, Columbus Line Inc., Crowley American Transport Line, Hamburg Süd, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk Sealand, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., P&O Nedlloyd and Safmarine Container Lines N.V

About INTTRA

Sponsored by a consortium of the world's leading carriers, INTTRA, established in April 2000, was founded to drive efficiencies into the ocean transportation industry by streamlining and standardizing traditionally inefficient processes.

INTTRA's Web-based portal meets today's demand for simplicity, transparency, neutrality, and confidentiality across the supply chain, and is designed to deliver connectivity by establishing global shipping standards. Founded and financially sponsored by a consortium of leading global carriers (CMA CGM, Hamburg Süd, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk Sealand, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., P&O Nedlloyd), INTTRA is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ U.S.A., and has offices in Denmark and Hong Kong, China.

23/07/01 Korean Air Joins Air France and Delta Air Lines in Cargo Joint Venture.

Korean Air joins Air France and Delta Air Lines as a founding member of a cargo joint venture, to be launched later this year. The three carriers also are founding members of the SkyTeam Cargo alliance with Aeroméxico and CSA Czech Airlines. This new venture will offer customers the benefits of a combined sales force, centralized reservation and service center, a comprehensive route network and a common product line.

The joint venture will be based in Atlanta with regional offices in Atlanta, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and will be managed and staffed by experienced cargo employees of all three carriers.

The company will be equally owned by Air France, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air, and governed by a joint Board of Directors.

It is expected that the combined freighter capabilities of Korean Air and Air France, along with the lower deck lift provided by Delta Air Lines, give this cargo joint venture a wide range of strategic options as well as marketing abilities.

Sky Tean cargo - The largest Cargo Airline alliance

SkyTeam Cargo airlines -Aeromexico,Air France Cargo,Delta Air Logistics, and Korean Air Cargo- are partnering to provide shippers with access to a global route network, common service options, sales, and service standards, and an interfaced information technology system that will ensure seamless cargo coordination and delivery throughout SkyTeam's global network.

Cargo customers will have access to a combined fleet of 1,070 aircraft making 6,810 daily flights to 411 unduplicated destinations in100 countries.

SkyTeam Cargo will maximize its global route network with support from 12 major Hubs around the world.

20/07/01 P&O Nedlloyd has upgraded its Internet website (www.ponl.com), with a new, enhanced home page. The upgrade has been designed to maximise the functionality of the website as well as to modernise the appearance.

Particular importance has been attached to improving download speed and navigation - particularly of P&O Nedlloyd's 'best in class' E-Commerce products which includes:

- Customer Registration

- Track and Trace

- Vessel Schedule

- Vessel Tracking

- Remote Bill Print

- Booking Review

- B/L Review

- Booking Registration

- B/L Registration

The latest changes coincide with P&O Nedlloyd's automation of the entire shipping cycle from Schedule Enquiry through online Booking and Bill of Lading transactions to Tracking arrival of the consignment at destination.

"The previous version of the home page had served P&O Nedlloyd well since the website was relaunched in September 2000," said Mike Chapman, P&O Nedlloyd's Website Project Team Manager. "However, it is good practice for a website home page to be reviewed and improvements made on a regular basis. We have streamlined the new home page and improved the download time by at least 50 percent for dial-up modems. We followed detailed analysis and customer feedback, and have brought the most frequently used site features to the fore. As an example of this, the individual E-Commerce products can now be accessed directly from the home page."

One of P&O Nedlloyd's most successful E-Commerce releases is Remote Bill Print which enables customers to print Bills of Lading on their own premises and incorporates innovative features.

19/07/01 New telescopic height adjustable Flat Rack container design enable very tall cargo to be carried, stacked and toplifted by spreader. It's telescopic corner post can be extended to 4.115 meter - 13' 6'' , which means 5 feet higher than normal flat rack containers

Clive Smith Associates Ltd., world leaders in innovative Flatrack container design; producers of the DOMINO Collapsible Flatracks; are the clear market leaders chosen by most shipping lines, as well as all leasing companies throughout the world.

Clive Smith Associates Ltd., has designed a new telescopic height adjustable Flat Rack container design enable very tall cargo to be carried, stacked and toplifted by spreader. It's corner post can be extended to 4.115 meter - 13' 6'' , which means 5 feet higher than normal flat rack containers

This flatrack operates as a conventional 40' Type but within the corner posts there is a high strength telescopic post enabling very tall cargo to be carried, stacked and toplifted by spreader. Full strength is maintained at the maximum height, achieved in five 12" steps.

This patented product includes manual hydraulic lifting of the end walls so that the different height setting can be made manually. When folded the end walls fold flush with the floor for use as a platform flat.

Standard containers with cargo height over 8' 6'' on container vessel must be stowed on specific stowage position on-board ships and handled with special gears for load and discharge operations.

Because of this stowage limitations and handling complications, to handle over-height cargo it is more expensive than standard containers.

With the telescopic height adjustable Flat Rack container, handling problems are eliminated and costs reduced as same does not require neither special lifting gear nor it's stowage is restricted to specific positions on board.

Shippers can negotiate over-height cargoes freight better conditions as over-height cargoes on the telescopic height adjustable Flat Rack is to be handled but like normal standard container not like flat rack container.

The Flatrack Features

- Tall cargo up to 11' 5"

- Stack tall cargo with other containers

- Used as a platform flat when folded

- Lashing beams set into the floor

- Spare parts available worldwide

- Available for leasing. - Approvals

- ABS, LRS, BV, UIC, CSC, TCT

Typical Dimensions

External	mm	ft	in
Length	12192	40'	0¨
Width	2438	8'	0¨
Height	2591	8'	6¨
Extended height	4115	13'	6¨
Folded	648	2'	1.5¨

Stacking

4 into 8ft 6in

 

Internal	mm	ft	in
Wall panel to panel	12180	39	11.5
Mid-post to post	11552	37	10.7
Plataform Width	2226	7	3.6
Height at post	1960	6	5
Height when extended	3484	11	5

 

Typical Ratings	Kg.	Lb
Tare weight	5900	13000
Playload	39100	86200
Gross	54000	99200
Load Over 2 m	254000	56000

Stacking

7 alto a 30480

For additional information:

Clive Smith Associates Ltd.

E-Mail: info@flatrackcontainers.com

Fax: +44 (0) 1926 863 141

18/07/01 Dramatic increase in piracy and armed robbery to ships - IMO report about the number of acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships reported last year was up by more than 50 per cent over the equivalent figure for previous year.

During the Maritime Safety Committee - 74th session, IMO meeting encourages regional agreements on anti-piracy measures

The number of acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships reported to the IMO during 2000 was up by more than 50 per cent over the equivalent figure for 1999, the Organization's Maritime Safety Committee was told last week.

The Committee noted with concern that the number of incidents had risen to 471, representing an increase of 162 in number or 52 percentage points over the figure for 1999; and that the total number of incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships reported to have occurred from 1984 to the end of May 2001, was 2,309.

Although the Committee welcomed the information that, during 2000, the number of incidents reported had decreased from 4 to 2 in the Mediterranean Sea and from 36 to 33 in West Africa, it was deeply concerned to note that, over the same period, the number of incidents reported had increased from 37 to 112 in the Malacca Strait, from 136 to 140 in the South China Sea, from 51 to 109 in the Indian Ocean, from 16 to 29 in East Africa and from 29 to 41 in South America and the Caribbean over the 1999 figures.

Most of the attacks worldwide were reported to have occurred in coastal States' concerned territorial waters while the ships were at anchor or berthed. The Committee was extremely concerned that, during the same period, the crews of the ships involved in the reported incidents had been violently attacked by groups of five to ten persons carrying knives or guns as a result of which seventy-two crew members had been killed, one hundred and twenty-nine had been wounded and five had been reported missing; and that, in addition, one ship had been destroyed, three ships had gone missing and on three occasions the attackers had used explosive devices.

The Committee recognized that the maritime community could no longer tolerate this situation and the serious repercussions it has on the safety of passengers and crews and therefore, once again, invited all Governments (of flag, port and coastal States) and the industry to intensify their efforts to eradicate these unlawful acts.

Effective responses to incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea must be based on preventive measures, measures for reporting incidents, and enforcement, including the training of enforcement personnel and the provision of enforcement vessels and equipment, and that the ability of States to make such effective responses is substantially enhanced when regional cooperation arrangements are in place.

Shipping is perhaps the most international of all the world's great industries and one of the most dangerous. It has always been recognized that the best way of improving safety at sea is by developing international regulations that are followed by all shipping nations and from the mid-19th century onwards a number of such treaties were adopted.

In 1948 an international conference in Geneva adopted a convention formally establishing IMO (the original name was the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, or IMCO, but the name was changed in 1982 to IMO).

The IMO Convention entered into force in 1958 and the new Organization met for the first time the following year.

With a staff of 300 people, IMO is one of the smallest of all United Nations agencies. But it has achieved considerable success in achieving its aim of "safer shipping and cleaner oceans".

17/07/01 Samsung Heavy Industries won orders for building six container ships from 7.400TEU (loads 7.400 20-feet containers). Negotiation for 9.000 TEU container vessel in the last phase while planning to complete the design of ULCS (Ultra Large Container Ship) at the 14.000 TEU level by the end of this year

Samsung Heavy Industries - Korea - ( SHI ) has recently won a total of US$2.6 billion in orders including two additional container ships from OOCL Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. in Hong Kong . The container ship that Samsung is building for OOCL is going to be the world's largest with the scale of 7,400TEU (loads 7,400 20-feet containers). The ships are scheduled to be delivered in 1st half of 2004.

Thus, its achievements in the ultra-large container vessel field total two received orders in the recent first quarter, Since it had pulled in six consecutive orders of same vessel model (480 million dollars) from OOCL this year alone.

Samsung Heavy Industries has announced that, "it has executed a Letter of Intent for Shipbuilding five container ships at 9,000 TEU, which is the world's largest level along with CSG of China in March. And it is in negotiation for a final ship price to launch into a leadership role for the world's large-scale container vessel market, while planning to complete the design of ULCS (Ultra Large Container Ship) at the 14,000 TEU level by the end of this year."

16/07/01 A Mega-joint could be developed soon in the North America East Coast - East Coast South America trade with the incorporation of Crowley American Transport to the joint service in which today operates Columbus, Aliança, P&O Nedlloyd, CSAV, Maersk Sealand and Grupo Libra

Possibilities exist for changes in present distribution of participants in this trade which could end as from next couple of months, with the incorporation of Crowley in the same joint service with Aliança and Columbus, having in this way the three companies of the Hamburg Süd parent group operating in the same joint. Case this possibility arrives to an end, it will result in a substantial capacity reduction of the trade.

Main joint and independent services operating today in USEC / ECSA services are:

- Columbus, Aliança, P&O Nedlloyd, CSAV, Maersk Sealand, Grupo Libra

- Crowley, APL, Lykes, Evergreen

- Senator, Hanjin, Montemar, Zim, CMA CGM

- Mediterranean Shipping Co.

The six vessels which today operates Crowley with Lykes, APL and Evergreen with an average capacity between 2.400 and 2.600 TEU each should be withdrawn from the service. As both APL and Evergreen are not participating with own vessels in this service, it is very well possible that both of them will follow Crowley into the new mega joint. They are actually having calls at Buenos Aires, Brazilian Ports, Puerto Cabello, Philadelphia, New York, Norfolk, Charleston, Jacksonville, and Miami.

The joint between Columbus, Aliança, P&O Nedlloyd, CSAV, Maersk Sealand and Libra operate today with two different strings. One weekly with calls at Buenos Aires, Brazilian Ports, Puerto Cabello, Freeport, New York, Norfolk, Charleston and Miami with six vessels average capacity 2.400 TEU.

The other weekly with five vessels average capacity between 1.200 and 1.600 TEU with calls at New York, Baltimore, Norfolk, Savannah, Miami, Paranaguá, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Fortaleza not calling Buenos Aires.

Hamburg Süd group announced the incorporation in the service this year and beginning of 2.002 of the six new vessels with a capacity of 3.700 TEU each,(with capacity for 800 reefer containers) built at Korea in replacement of present units of 2.400 TEUS.

13/07/01 Another Internet transport news web page will stop offering free access to daily news. The Journal of Commerce JoC Online will require to be a paid subscriber to JoC Week to access to daily news.

At the end of July, JoC Online (www.joc.com) will no longer be a free site.

In order to access all the daily and updated news, Handbook of International Trade and more, it will be required to be a subscriber to JoC Week.

The weekly newsmagazine and website JoC Online are distinct products with different content and presentation.

Combination of both offer a complete picture of international trade logistics news.

12/07/01 ALITALIA- AIR FRANCE - DELTA AIR LINES FIRST STEP TOWARDS A NEW PARTNERSHIP

Alitalia announced the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with Air France and Delta Air Lines.

Alitalia's Board of Directors, had approved the signing of the two documents, that portray a wide-range of co-operation in passenger services, cargo transport and other areas of mutual interest.

The companies now enter a phase of exclusive negotiations that in the next weeks will lead to the definition of the relevant agreements. The partnerships will thus become fully operational by signing such contracts, which will be submitted to the European and American anti-trust Authorities. These negotiations also represent the beginning of the process leading to Alitalia's entry in SkyTeam, the global Alliance which, beside Air France and Delta Air Lines, includes Aeromexico, CSA Czech Airlines and Korean Air.

The Alitalia - Air France discussions will cover the development of a multi-hub system between the airports of Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Milan-Malpensa and Rome-Fiumicino; full code-sharing whenever possible; harmonization of the respective frequent flyer programs, MilleMiglia and Fréquence Plus; as well as co-ordination of the services offered.

Synergies will also be pursued in the Cargo, Information Technology and Maintenance areas. Alitalia and Delta Air Lines initially plan to work towards a co-operation in the following fields: co-ordination of schedules to facilitate connections between the two carriers; compatibility of I/T systems; exploration of Cargo opportunities; sharing of facilities and passenger handling in jointly served cities; and mutual participation in their frequent flyer programs.

Francesco Mengozzi, Chief Executive Officer of Alitalia, stated: "We are particularly proud of what we consider a major step forward in Alitalia's expansion strategy. The pursuit of a deep cooperation with two excellent carriers such as Delta and Air France opens a world of opportunities for this airline, its customers and its shareholders. The signing of the MOU marks the ending of the strategic isolation of Alitalia".

Leo F. Mullin, Delta's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer , stated: "Delta is happy to include amongst its partners Italy's largest airline, one of the world's leading airlines. Thanks to this wider cooperation with Alitalia, we shall be able to strengthen our position as a leader on the global air transport market."

11/07/01 MSC - Mediterranean Shipping Company announced the opening of their service to the Caribbean area / ports.

MSC - Mediterranean Shipping Company announced the opening of their service to the Caribbean area / ports, via their Hub transhipment port of Freeport (Bahamas) .

Service with weekly departures from Buenos Aires includes following destinations:

Anguilla - Antigua - Barbados - Cayman Islands - Dominica - Dominican Republic - Puerto Plata - Grenada - Haiti - Nassau - Nevis - St. Croix - St. Johns - St. Lucia (Port Castries ) - St. Martin - Grenada - St. Vincent - Trinidad - Turks - Caicos - Virgin Islands.

The complete network agency of Messrs. TROPICAL SHIPPING will be used as MSC agents at all the Caribbean discharging ports thus ensuring a full coverage of services.

Standard, Open top, Flat rack and Refrigerated containers will be accepted.

06/07/01 APL Direct Logistics announces alliance with leading web services firm Organic, Inc.

APL Direct Logistics, a leading provider of expedited fulfillment and other logistics services, today announced a new alliance with Organic, Inc., a leading Internet professional services firm that has built some of the best-known Web stores in the industry.

The two companies will work together to help joint clients build and manage fully-integrated e-commerce sales channels, with Organic providing business strategy and Web site development, and APL Direct Logistics providing transportation management, fulfillment, inventory and order management and customer care.

The alliance with San Francisco-based Organic is APL Direct Logistics' first with a professional services firm that focuses on the digital marketplace.

Mark Kingdon, Organic's CEO said "We feel it's very important to offer our clients a variety of solutions and to help them pick the scenario that most fully meets the needs of their business and their customers.

APL Direct Logistics is the direct-to-customer fulfillment business of APL Logistics. APL Direct Logistics is a global provider of logistics and supply-chain management solutions for the e-commerce and direct sales industries. It provides fulfillment services such as transportation management, multi-channel order management and return of goods through state-of-the-art fulfillment centers and more than 100 logistics facilities throughout the world.

APL Logistics is the supply-chain management arm of the Singapore-based NOL Group, which is engaged in logistics and global transportation.Organic, Inc. is a global digital professional services firm providing premium business solutions, including multi-platform user interface design and marketing, online media buying and management, software engineering and technical program management, systems integration, data analysis and reporting, inventory and supply change management and customer relationship management.

05/07/01 UPS Logistics Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire majority interest of the leading logistics provider in Europe, the Germany based UNI-DATA AG.

UPS Logistics Group, a subsidiary of United Parcel Service, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in UNI-DATA AG, a leading logistics provider for the high tech industry in Europe. The transaction is subject to customary approvals.

The acquisition is the latest development in UPS Logistics Group’s strategy to create a global network of logistics centers and strategic stocking locations that enable the urgent delivery of critical parts, often within hours.

In the past 18 months, UPS Logistics Group has acquired seven companies in the supply chain management and service parts industry. The UNI-DATA acquisition will bring the number of countries served by UPS Logistics Group to more than 60. “UNI-DATA’s strong position in the German and eastern European logistics markets, its well established customer base and excellent reputation for quality make it an ideal partner,” said Bill Caplan, managing director, UPS Logistics Group, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. UNI-DATA offers highly specialized supply chain management solutions focusing on service parts logistics services such as installation and repair, spare parts and warranty management, urgent delivery services and reverse logistics. In 2000, the company developed distribution network in Germany and across Europe, which it built with the support of its major shareholder, Odewald & Compagnie, a German private equity firm. “The combination of UPS Logistics Group and UNI-DATA will significantly enhance market opportunities for both companies and their employees,” said Johann Maier, chief executive of UNI-DATA.

UNI-DATA’s selling founders, Johann and Martin Maier, are set to continue their close involvement with the company. Terms of the cash transaction were not disclosed.

UPS Logistics Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Parcel Service and was established in Europe in 1995. The European headquarters are located in Woking in the UK. UPS Logistics Group has four key service offerings: Supply Chain Management, Transportation Services, Service Parts Logistics and Logistics Technologies.

UPS Logistics Group has 420 locations in more than 50 countries.

04/07/01 VESSEL PHOTOGRAPHS - Buy "or" download free of charge photographs of any type of vessels from the Internet, from amateur taken photos to professional companies selling maritime aerial photography.

You can start at http://www.ship-photos.de - an Internet WEB page devoted to all ship lovers world-wide, all the photos on this site can be downloaded and used for whatever you want, his owner just claim: "please, don't sell them to any other..."

The site belongs to Maik Ebel, a 23 year old student from Bielefeld / Germany, which hobby is photographing ships, collecting facts about ships and ship photos. Since 1992 Maik photograph ships in Cuxhaven (Germany), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Terneuzen (Netherlands) and Antwerp (Belgium).

In November 2000, I had round about 3200 different ships on photo, and round about 5000 photos at all.

This site is devoted to all ship lovers worldwide, and to people who are interested in ships and shipping related stuff.

On the other hand, we can find a WEB site dedicated to selling photographs of vessels, which name is FotoFlite, a company based at Ashford, Kent, offering online picture library.

FotoFlite has a database, which allow you to search to see if they have a picture of the vessel that you may require. They have already scanned over 16,000 images and these can be viewed on screen. FotoFlite offers scanned images of most of their vessels, so that you may view a thumbnail of each image on line, however, since they announce having taken over 500,000 pictures, it will take them a time to complete the whole collection.

When you find the picture that you are looking for, if you wish to do so, you are able to place an order for your copy by fax or mail.

FotoFlite, at http://www.fotoflite.com , the so-called World's Largest Library of Maritime Aerial Photography acquired Skyfotos in 1990, and count on today with a combined library of ship photographs exceeding 1/2 million aerial images.

02/07/01 The Hong Kong Trade Development Council announced the launching of China Nationwide E-port System.

Trial runs of selected applications of the e-port system were launched in cities including Beijing, Tianjin and Guangzhou from December 2000 to March 2001. The e-port system is designed to establish a public repository of electronic data documenting the flow of information, capital and goods involved in import-export trade.

Established in 1966, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is the statutory organization of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to promote Hong Kong's trade in goods and services. It helps to develop Hong Kong's role as an information hub, a sourcing and business centre in Asia-Pacific, and the gateway to Chinese Mainland.

It's mission is to create and facilitate opportunities in international trade for Hong Kong companies - especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - and to promote a positive image of Hong Kong.

Objectives

To develop and diversify markets for Hong Kong companies.

To promote Hong Kong's products and services in world markets.

To promote Hong Kong's leading role as an international business, services and information hub.

To enhance Hong Kong's standing as a partner in global business and supporter of free trade.

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council office at Buenos Aires is located at Sarmiento 760, Piso 1 - 1041, Buenos Aires - Phone: +54 11 4394 9590 / 4394 9803

 

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