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Iran is aiming to triple container port capacity to 14m teu (equivalent of 14 million 20\’ containers) by the end of the decade following the easing of trade sanctions more than a year ago. Bandar Abbas can currently handle 3m teu, which represents about 84% or Iran\’s container traffic, with ambitions to grow to 9.8m […]

Chinese firm Guangdong iBosst has launched a project to develop Intelligent Logistics Express (ILE) cable rail system covering urban and rural areas of China. The aim is to offer same-day delivery of goods nationwide and one-hour citywide delivery at half the cost of traditional transport modes. The first 15km long ILE was completed in Guangdong

Plans for a pioneering (1.9 million sq ft) underground warehouse near Heathrow Airport were approved early this month. This ambitious project will potentially serve as a blueprint for other underground warehousing and logistics developments in high-value urban land areas. Hounslow Borough Council\’s planning committee approved the proposals submitted by the landowner, Formal Investments, to create

26th June marks one year anniversary since the expanded Panama Canal began commercial operation. More than 1000 Neo-Panamax ships have undertaken the journey since then. The project has opened up a new shipping lane for larger vessels. Increasing the size of the vessels able to pass through, from a max length of 294 metres and

On 5th June 2017 UAE, Saudia Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain announced that they were restraining diplomatic ties with Qatar over allegations that it is sponsoring terrorism. In addition to that, various bans have been imposed on land, sea and air travel as well as movement of goods into and out of Qatar. Immediate bans were

Chinese ports are currently experiencing a serious congestion brought on by a number of factors. Bad weather such as fog and problems related to the establishment of new shipping alliances will soon pass. However in order to overcome other issues, implementation of some strategic planning will be required. On the surface it looks like Chinese

Post-Brexit challenges awaiting logistics and freight companies were discussed in much detail during an annual \”Keep Britain Trading\” conference organised by FTA this month. The participants of the conference raised many concerns regarding the way that shipping industry will work post Brexit. British Port Asscosiation (BPA) chief executive Richard Ballantyne said the number one concern

In the summer of 2016 Unipac Shipping UK took on a project of transporting a life size sculpture of Capability Brown from China to France.   Laury Dizengremel, the highly-regarded international sculptor, was commissioned to carry out the work, based on the portrait by Richard Cosway. The statue was made in Laury’s studio in China

China\’s largest semi-submersible ship \”Xinguanghua\” carrying a floating platform for oil production, storage and unloading, set sail from Shengsi County in east China\’s Zhejiang Province on Saturday, 25th February towards North Sea Oil Field in the UK. The platform, also known as \”Hope No.6\” is the first of its kind built by China. It\’s cylindrical

European textiles buyers are increasingly switching their sourcing and supply chains back to Europe because of China’s rising labour, raw material, and energy costs. Although China remains a world leader in textiles and apparel with exports of $284 billion in 2015, wages there have been rising at an annual compound growth rate of more than