A higher-than-expected increase Wednesday in FOB prices at China's Qinhuangdao port for 5,500 kcal/kg NAR domestic thermal coal gave a lift to imported thermal coal prices which advanced to $79/mt basis South China ports, said market ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, high-ash cargo
In its 15th annual monitoring report, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has highlighted that further economic reforms are required if future benefits of continuing industry reforms and increasing competition in the ...
Tags: economy, Shipping Industry, Logistics
The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes narrowed $19/mt Monday from Friday's level, to $173/mt, a one year-low, as MX was strengthening amid a bearish PX market, Platts data showed. Isomer-MX on an FOB ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral
The domestic float glass industry, which is battling a slowdown in demand, has sought anti-dumping duty on glass imports from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Directorate-General of Anti-Dumping and Allied ...
Tags: Float Glass, glass industry
To keep up with growing demand for humidity-controlled warehousing in Vietnam, specialized furniture carrier and international 3PL provider Zenith Global Logistics has expanded its Ho Chi Minh City facility. Dehumidifiers enable Zenith ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Scania displays its China 4-compliant G400 4x2 and R440 6x2 heavy trucks at China International Commercial Vehicle Show (CICVS) from October 30 to November 2. Apart from that, it demonstrates the process to operate a "highly effective ...
Tags: Commercial Vehicle, Transportation
USFloors has opened a Mainland China office in Shanghai to provide local management and oversight of sourcing, quality, and logistics. The operation will be fully staffed and headed up by Julian Dossche, USFloors' senior manager of global ...
Tags: floor, Construction, Decoration
In a panel discussion on fuel surcharges at the CITT's National Conference on Supply Chain & Logistics today, Lou Smyrlis, editorial director of Truck News, asked shippers, carriers, and oil industry experts to weigh in on the discussion ...
Tags: Transportation, shipping, auto
The potential for synchronous global growth could ignite demand for transportation, leading to higher carrier pricing, a recovery of profitability, and the potential for industry consolidation, according to David Newman, a transportation ...
Tags: Transportation, auto
With Australian retailers and suppliers facing increasing challenges from a rapidly changing digital world, a new three-day exhibition for the logistics sector has been announced for Melbourne in March 2014. The 3PL (third party ...
Freight rates to ship coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou rose in the week ended October 29 for the fourth week in a row, Qinhuangdao Port said Wednesday. The ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Coal
Clarke Inc. has agreed to sell its freight transportation business to TransForce for $88 million. Included are its truckload, LTL and freight logistics business. The deal is expected to wrap up before the end of 2013, Clarke announced ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Air freight markets stabilised in September, after an extended period of slow increase. Global freight tonne kilometres were up 0.5% in September year-on-year, a slowdown on the 3.4% growth in August, and there was no increase in volumes ...
Tags: Global Market Transport, Service, Transport
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims has given the regulator's perspective on the debate surrounding the market share held by the two major supermarket chains. Mr Sims was speaking at the Australian Food and ...
The total cost of ground transportation increased 1.2 percent in August from July, according to the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI). “Total Cost of Freight is down three percent from a year ago,” said Doug Payne, ...
Tags: Freight, Transportation, logistics