Business
Maritime Gateway
Unlocking The Landlocked
DP World is looking to alter the way business is done in the world’s biggest landlocked country. Kazakhstan quite literally is at the crossroads of the New Silk Route connecting the East and West. A port, a logistics hub and a SEZ at Kazakhstan developed by DP World will make it the most significant trade corridors connecting Asia, Europe and Africa. It will be Advantage India too.
4 min |
January 2018
Maritime Gateway
Institutional Investment In Logistics Parks
Leading logistics fund developer and manager in Asia, ESR Advisers is poised to invest heavily in developing logistics parks across India. Jai Mirpuri, Co-CEO, ESR Advisers India shares his overview on what makes India a lucrative market.
3 min |
December 2017
Maritime Gateway
We Believe In India's Growth Story And Like To Be Part Of It.
Port of Antwerp, the most promising port in Europe, is expanding infrastructure in line with growing cargo volumes. Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO, of the port, in a one-to-one with Ramprasad, Editor-in-Chief, Maritime Gateway, details on the expansion plans of the port and their interest to be part of India’s growth story.
6 min |
December 2017
Maritime Gateway
Light At The End Of The Tunnel
The global industry got some respite in the second half of the year with cargo volumes growing. Logistics players in India are expanding capacity to meet the rise in demand coming from increased economic activity.
5 min |
December 2017
Maritime Gateway
Smart Logistic Summit Comes To Bengalure
After an overwhelming participation in 2016, the mega logistic summit taking the mettle forward came back to the cosmopolitan city of Bengaluru this year in the form of “Smart Logistics Summit & Awards 2017” in a more grandeur avatar.
8 min |
December 2017
Maritime Gateway
Managing Container Supply Chain: A Shipper's Perspective
It is incumbent on the ports to customise solutions to ensure quality of service always remains superior. Customisation and automation of port procedures is the need of the hour.
3 min |
December 2017
Maritime Gateway
Connecting To Gateway Ports: Optimising Time And Cost
Ports should ramp up infrastructure and implement new technologies that increase efficiency and security.
2 min |
December 2017
Maritime Gateway
Secure And Tamper Proof
E-seals are more secure and tamperproof and have replaced the conventional mechanical sealing of containers, also eliminating their need for physical examination.
3 min |
November 2017
Maritime Gateway
Facilitating Air-To Sea Migration Of Pharma Logistics
The pharmaceutical industry is steadily expanding its sea freight volume year by year and the Port of Antwerp is ready with customised solutions to support the air-to-ocean trend.
2 min |
November 2017
Maritime Gateway
Keeping Freight Cost Under Control
Farmers are elated with the government approving road freight rates for fertilizer movement
4 min |
October2016
Maritime Gateway
Ocean Freight Is Growing Faster Than Air Freight
Having withered many a storm in the past 140 years, DB Schenker has evolved the mechanism to survive difficult times. As Schenker India celebrates its 20th anniversary, it is ready to tap the the tier II and tier III cities
5 min |
October2016
Maritime Gateway
Infrastructure Needs To Catch Up
Container traffic in South Asia has increased fourfold since the past decade, but logistics infrastructure has not geared up to support the rise in flow of cargo. South Asian economies need to put a concerted effort to resolve logistics issues that could have interrelated angles rather than implementing isolated measures.
6 min |
September 2017
Maritime Gateway
Gearing Up To Ease Congestion
The Chittagong Port Authority along with the Customs and off-dock workers are putting in a concerted effort to ease out movement of cargo.
5 min |
September 2017
Maritime Gateway
Samlf 2017 South Asia Forum Takes Off!
For the first time the maritime community and stakeholders from nine South Asian nations came together to Mumbai to collectively explore the business opportunities and resolve the challenges.
2 min |
October 2017
Maritime Gateway
Come Together To Capitalise
Inaugural session underlined the significance of South Asia in the global maritime trade and also emphasized upon the infrastructure challenges that could be overcome in the mutual interest of all partners through collaboration.
3 min |
October 2017
Maritime Gateway
Carriers Perspective Consolidation Will Create New Impetus
Evolution or rather revolution is taking place faster than expected in the port and shipping sector. The session picked up some ongoing and imminent issues that might completely change the landscape of the sector in the region.
2 min |
October 2017
Maritime Gateway
Speed And Efficiency Is The Key
Digitisation has to replace tedious documentation and bureaucratic procedures and the industry should collaborate to bring logistics cost down.
3 min |
October 2017
Maritime Gateway
Are Government Policies A Facilitator Or A Drag?
The parliamentary debate was a first of its kind session introduced this year that saw three panelists each speak for and against a set motion. A vote by the audience on the motion was called for – before and after the speakers made their presentation.
2 min |
October 2017
Maritime Gateway
Digitalisation Will Improve Customer Experience
Digitalisation will bring down the transaction cost, remove duplication of data and help optimise the infrastructure use, improving the customer experience.
2 min |
October 2017
Maritime Gateway
Future Looks Bright For Terminals
Future bodes bright for the Indian container ports with container traffic on either coasts growing at a CAGR of 6 per cent during 2011-2016 period.
3 min |
October 2017
Maritime Gateway
A Compulsion that Needs a Course Correction
Introduced to facilitate quick movement of containers, CFSs should become more transparent, customer-focussed and a value added facility to serve the trade better.
10+ min |
October2016
Maritime Gateway
Uberisation of Trucking?
A website is revolutionising the truck industry of India by assuring a superior match making experience of loads and trucks
3 min |
October2016
Maritime Gateway
More Than Just Four Walls
In the entire journey of a commodity from production to consumption, logistics has been an overhead on which manufacturers had limited control so far, but not any longer! Mega logistics parks have the potential to change the way India moves goods.
8 min |
December 2017
Maritime Gateway
Changing Dynamics Of Dredging Industry
As maritime sector is going through a makeover, to understand the changing dynamics of dredging industry globally and in India in particular, we caught up with Prof. Dr. George Yesu Vedha Victor, President, Mercator Limited; and Member of Board, EADA, & Secretary General, EADA (India).
5 min |
December 2017
Maritime Gateway
Trade, Tradition And Technology
The “T” in WISTA stands for trade, which means meeting people and seeing what business you have in common. The other two T’s that have a strong influence over our industries are Tradition and Technology, says Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou.
2 min |
December 2017
Maritime Gateway
Redefining Logistics Landscape
Logistics has become a focal point for many solar energy enterprises that are looking for cost savings, greater efficiencies and new markets. Vinay Shetty, MD, Canadian Solar India outlines how logistics infrastructure can be strengthened to meet the needs of the industry.
2 min |
December 2017
Maritime Gateway
Sealing Inefficiency
The advent of TFA regime has shaken quite a few established processes which were deemed indispensable to the EXIM trade. And one such mandate is electronic sealing of containers that paves the path for secured multi-modal international container shipment while ensuring cargo traceability for shippers and Customs.
9 min |
January 2018
Maritime Gateway
Technology Makes Business Lean And Agile
INTTRA, a name associated with technology platforms widely used in the maritime industry, is making rapid inroads in the Asian market with its just-in-time solutions. Inna Kuznetsova, President and Chief Operating Officer of INTTRA, in a one-to-one with Ramprasad, Editor-in Chief, Maritime Gateway, details how technology has today become the lifeblood of businesses, enabling them to be lean and better serve their customers.
5 min |
January 2018
Maritime Gateway
An Online Market Place For Logistics!
Web-based business platforms is the talk of the town. Start-ups like GoComet are entering into the market with fresh idea and approach to make logistics simpler, or atleast that is what they aim at!
2 min |
January 2018
Maritime Gateway
Services Customised For Pharma
The pharmaceutical industry is steadily expanding its sea freight volume owing to lower fares and availability of stricter and more reliable control of temperature. The Port of Antwerp is ideally positioned to leverage on this air to ocean trend.
3 min |