GLOBALLOGISTICS
Late Freight: Much to shippers’ disappointment, containerships logged an 11-percent drop in on-time arrivals during the first quarter of 2007 compared to the beginning of 2006, finds a recent survey from Drewry Shipping Consultants. Twenty-three per- cent of vessels arrived one calendar day late, while another 29 percent were two or more days late, according to the survey, which tracked 2,144 containership and multipurpose liner vessel arrivals operated by more than 60 carriers worldwide. ● Up and Atom: Six prototype ports in locations around the world will soon begin scanning shipping containers for nuclear and radiological detections as part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Secure Freight Initiative. The program kicked off last month, scanning containers moving from the Port of Qasim in Karachi, Pakistan, to the United States. ● Air Cargo Flies
Freely: China will lift virtually all restrictions on U.S. air cargo carriers by 2011 as part of a new bilateral aviation accord between the two countries. The agreement allows U.S. carriers to operate 13 new daily flights to and from China within five years, and permits all-cargo carriers to fly to any city in China. ● Turn Up the Intermodal Volume: Despite a slump in other modes, intermodal volume posted a 1.1-percent increase in the first quarter of 2007, according to Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics , a report from the Intermodal Association of North America. Volume reached 3.4 million shipments, setting a first-quarter record and continuing a six-year growth pattern.
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International intermodal traffic grew 2.5 percent during the same period. ● Kazakhstan Investment – Very Nice: Thanks to the Kazakhstan government’s $1-billion investment in a new railway line and freight station in Khorgos, freight transport vol- ume between China and Kazakhstan is forecast to grow to 25 million tons in 2009, from 12 million tons in 2006. The government is also planning to modernize the Russian border station Ozinki in order to meet the growing demand for rail services from Kazakhstan to Western Russia and Ukraine. ● FMS Market Heats Up: The Chinese market for fleet management systems (FMS) will be worth more than $300 million by the end of 2007, predicts global market research firm ABI Research. The growth of regional logistics and transport markets, as well as the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, will trigger increased need for these systems, says ABI. —Mark Rowan
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