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Singapore scores Singapore is Sea Consortium's biggest operational hub, and has grown every year since 1997. Despite recent congestion and more competition, the division has increased its services and boasts some significant customers
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2002
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Singapore's logistics role Singapore is one of the world's largest shipping hubs. It has also become an important Asian distribution centre for many multinational companies and 3PLs, such as Panalpina Singapore
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2001
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Singapore's shipowners shine: The Singaporean register has witnessed rapid growth in recent years, with the result that there now exists a powerful breed of smaller regional and common-user feeder operators and shipowners
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1996
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Singapore swings With a throughput of 17.1 million TEU in 2000, Singapore is the world's second largest shipping hub
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2001
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Single-minded
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1999
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Size does matter Both Southern Californian ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are expanding their terminal facilities
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1999
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Size isn't everything The size of container ships is increasing, driven by the premise that bigger ships provide cost savings
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2002
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Size matters There is a perception that containers are highly standardised units. However, an expert argues that this is increasingly less the case as a mishmash of different shapes and sizes proliferates
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2001
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Sizing up the forwarders: `The future is ours!' proclaim the huge global forwarding groups
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1998
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Slow progress Most ports in Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica are state-owned, with government-appointed port directors. These port authorities have been slow to improve efficiencies. However, this is starting to change
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2002
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Slow train to revival Over the last decade, the rail transport system in Europe has been subjected to steadily increasing criticism
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1997
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Small is global: How logistics has helped a small Californian company become a global player, serving customers in Europe and Asia
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1999
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Smart solutions There have been major developments in supply and demand chain software, with products covering all aspects of import/export practice now available. By automating many time-consuming manual processes, a number of TT companies provide system
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2001
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Smoothing passage to India: A spate of new terminal projects, many of them supported by the private sector, will raise operating efficiency and lift container handling productivity in India's main ports in the coming years
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1997
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Smooth operation at ER: ExpressRail is increasing box volumes and helping the port of New York/New Jersey to preserve its pre-eminent position as the USEC's hub port
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1997
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SNCF optimism undeterred: Despite some pessimism in Europe as to the immediate prospects for intermodal transport, French National Railroads, and the French Government, are firmly wedded to the concept
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1997
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Softly, softly Syngenta Syngenta Crop Protection is generating around 13,000TEU of drycargo traffic annually, as well as some 2,500 ISO tank container movements
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2001
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Softly softly: The past five years have witnessed significant change at China's largest shipping group Cosco
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1999
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Sold on the cold Demand for reefer capacity across all trades has rocketed in the last 20 years, both in newbuilding and charters, but it seems that in these trades, experience is crucial
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2002
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Sole survivor As business has improved over the past year for the Argentine line Maruba, talk of its possible sale to foreign interests has receded for the time being
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2000
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