NEWS\\\


Logistics service providers and


freight forwarders Four-fiſths are


optimistic about 2013, according to a survey by logistics research firm Transport Intelligence and soſtware provider Kewill.


of the 484


international businesses surveyed reported slight business expansion over the past two years but crucially, over three quarters expect this to continue in 2013.


Keeping it simple is secret of success in China


Allport Cargo Services says it has demystified how to build a successful Chinese supply chain in a new white paper. Complex legislation, “evolving” quality control requirements and demanding labelling regulations, plus an underdeveloped logistics industry and poor infrastructure “create daunting barriers to entering the China market,” says Allport’s managing director for fashion and e-commerce, Simon Pearson. Oſten, he adds, the missing


ingredient is “finding an operational partner who can translate what is happening on the ground.” While China’s logistics industry


is still developing, “there are plenty of quality operators able to support international brands with their physical logistics requirements. Pearson urges retailers to keep


things simple, and try to “minimise exceptions and non-compliance.”


The paper is available at www.allportretail.co.uk


Growth was throughout the


world and across firms of differing sizes, although it was lower in Europe compared with North Africa, Middle East and Africa and, especially, North and Latin America. Here, freight forwarders and 4PLs had the highest growth. The Euro crisis has had an impact on European logistics firms, the


study concludes. Few logistics companies


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intend to pursue growth through acquisitions alone; most are planning organic growth, or a mix of the two in some cases, but for forwarders and 3PLs the figure is higher, at 30%, reflecting their sector’s stronger cash positions say the survey’s authors.


Issue 1 2013


15 Has the freight industry turned the corner? Head of consultancy at


Transport Intelligence, Joel Ray, said things were “looking up” for the industry although Kewill’s solution manager


for


global trade and logistics, Gerry Daalhuisen, said it was mid-sized organisations with 251 to 500 employees that are most likely to have grown in the past two years


and are most likely to grow in the coming year. “Companies who re-invested in their business and focused on expansion were the ones who reaped the rewards. Investing in technology is no longer an option, it is imperative in doing business efficiently and thriving in today’s tough market place.”


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Shipping cut to stay


The G6 Alliance - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai,


NYK and OOCL


- said on 17 January that it would maintain its current five-loop Asia-North Europe service in 2013 and would not reinstate the Loop 3 Asia- Europe service, suspended in October 2012. The carrier said it anticipated that the current


supply and demand balance would continue. Adjustments have been made to the Alliance’s


other services to


accommodate port calls from the Loop 3 service French-based carrier CMA has meanwhile


cancelled a


number of sailings on its Far East to North Europe trade, due to Chinese New Year holidays.


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