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Petroplex International, a development company of bulk liquid storage tank terminals based in Baton Rouge, today announced that it has raised capital to progress the development of a $600 million multi-modal bulk liquid terminal in St. James Parish with a projected initial storage capacity of 4 – 6 million barrels. Petroplex will build a storage [...]

Schenker Khimji’s LLC, the joint venture that DB Schenker Logistics has established with long-time partner Khimji Ramdas Group in the Sultanate of Oman, has started operations with the beginning of May. The new company provides comprehensive solutions in the fields of air and ocean freight, land transport, contract logistics, supply chain management as well as [...]

Kerry Logistics, a leading global logistics service provider, has opened an ISO tank depot in India and a foundry to supply engineering parts for tank customers in China through its member company Kerry-ITS. The company opened its new 11,300-sq.m facility in Kandla, India to provide a broad range of ISO tank cleaning and repair services [...]

The Fourth GPCA Supply Chain Conference concluded today with a closing address from Dr. Abdulwahab Al Sadoun, Secutary General of the GPCA. The secretary closed it off with thanks to all of the distinguished speakers and to the many delegates that attended from the Gulf and from the rest of the world, of whom made [...]

Bells rang in the ears of many delegates at the Fourth GPCA Supply Chain Conference as Thomas Elling, Head of Sales for Maersk Line, spoke of the dim reality and challenging future of the global shipping industry. He began with an image of vessel, highlighting the defining point; “the vessel is not full.” “The outlook [...]

InterBulk has launched a container fleet management solution, Interbulk XP-TFM. The intermodal logistics service provider says the move marks the expansion of its business beyond point to point transport into supply chain IT systems. By handing over daily fleet management and operations to InterBulk, the company says its XP-TFM enables the customer to maintain focus [...]

 Leading freight forwarder Jordon Freight has appointed Simon Fisk to the new position of European Road Freight Manager. This appointment represents the continued investment Jordon Freight is making to ensure continued first-class service levels. Simon is tasked with bringing together the export and import overland departments, improving procedures and developing closer internal communications. Simon’s appointment [...]