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A changed Med climate. Two major new services entered the Mediterranean-North America trade in 2000 This trend has continued in 2001, augmented by improvements to existing services
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A classic strategy. The global transport management of the vitamins and fine chemicals division of F Hoffmann-La Roche believes in clearly defined principles, including in-house control, concern for the environment, and direct interface with a restricted
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A close call The gateway ports of Halifax and Montreal handled over 1.5 million TEU in 2000: over half of Canada's import and export container traffic
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Cabotage conundrum Although relatively modest, Venezuela's cabotage market has long-term growth potential. This prospect is being used as one inducement for shipowners to register their vessels in this South American country
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Caribbean hubs blossom An increasing number of ports are aspiring to Caribbean hub port status, so competition between them for the ocean carriers' relay business is intense. However, for the time being, at least, there appears to be enough traffic for al
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Caribbean niches The Caribbean Basin is served by a large number of shipping lines. They include major global carriers, where the region constitutes one segment of their pendulum services. A number of smaller carriers also serve the Caribbean market as th
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CARRIER Hong Kong Express to Europe ADX Services' 14-day link between Hong Kong and Trieste is challenging the conventional wisdom of `big is beautiful' in the container business
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Carriers battle for Venezuelan traffic Around 185,000TEU of car components moved through Venezula's major container port of Puerto Cabello in 2000, and the business is growing. Inevitably, competition for this traffic among ocean carriers is fierce
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Carriers face up to IT challenge Ocean carriers have been stepping up their campaign to woo customers over the internet
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Cartagena's miracle. Over 50% of Cartagena's container traffic is now transhipment business and the port is the leading transhipment centre in South America
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Carving a niche The Ministry of Rail holds a monopoly on container rail transport in China
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Central Asia's rail promise Intercontainer-Interfrigo and Transfracht International carry around 30,000TEU annually between western Europe and the central Asian countries of the former Soviet Union, with Polzug also actively involved. The services are eff
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China in its hands There is no doubt that Hong Kong-headquartered OOCL is a global carrier; however, it is Hong Kong and mainland China that are important components of its strategy
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Chinese checkers An on-the-spot report from China examines that country's emerging logistics industry. The analysis looks at some of the major obstacles and future developments
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Close Encounters. The fourth party logistics provider (4PL) has only emerged as a genre since the late 1990s
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CNC targets ocean carriers. CNC Transport explains how, where, and why it wants to improve its share of the intermodal transport market for maritime containers in Europe
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Coasting to Spain and Portugal
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Cold turkey With the slowing down of the US economy and the introduction of larger ships into the transpacific trade, the gap between supply and demand has widened in 2001
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Competition v. capacity Productivity is finally rising at Australian ports, but so is container traffic. This has sparked a debate about the need for additional facilities and whether they will be commercially sustainable
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Cool customers The Canadian company Clearwater Fine Foods Inc, is a major exporter of shellfish worldwide
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