RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is the way of the future for shipping and transportation industry.
What is RIFD and how will it benefit the supply chain industry? Radio Frequency Identification is an automatic devise that is used for identification purposes and is functions through tags or transporters. This small object comparable to the size of rice grain can be implanted or attached to any product or animal. It works on the basis of radio waves and is a chip-based devise.… Read more
The entire team at RCL is proud to spotlight Atlantic Container Line – ACL as our featured vendor.
RCL has been a satisfied client of ACL for over two decades. The entire ACL staff from New Jersey to Halifax to Portsmouth, Va to Europe is extremely helpful and approachable at all times. Thank you for being a genuine working partner.
Atlantic Container Line
50 Cardinal Drive Westfield, NJ 07090-1019
USA- New Jersey (908) 518-5300
Specific Services include:
Due to upcoming holidays in Finland, we would like to inform about the operation hours in Finish ports.
Independence day:
6th of December is the Independence day – offices in Finland are closed that day.
In Kotka and Hamina the two-shifts will end working on Monday, December 5th 2011 at 2.30 p.m. and they will not work on Independence Day December 6th. The five-shift in Kotka will work as normal.
The cargo control point in Kotka/Hamina is open on Monday, December 5th from 7.30 a.m.… Read more
Supply Chain and Logistics Summit North America 2011
12/5-12/7/2011
Dallas, TX
http://www.supplychain.us.com/program… Read more
In May of 2011, a tornado destroyed a region of Missouri and a lot of attention was placed on city of Joplin. The city of Joplin is the transportation hub of the region and is located near the center of United States which is central to the Mexican and Canadian borders.
The region is now back and open for business. All the areas damaged by tornado are rebuilt and power has being restored. This region continues to grow and is one of the countries strongest logistic sites.… Read more
November 18, 2011 Latvia will be celebrating Latvian National Day.… Read more
U.S. President Barack Obama formally opened the 19th annual summit in Hawaii of Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday, November 14th , one day after securing agreement on the outlines of a deal to create a huge Pacific Rim free trade zone.
The leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation agreed to adopt market-driven innovation policies, reduce tariffs and eliminate other barriers to trade in environmental goods and services, and improve regulation to reduce unnecessary burdens on businesses.… Read more
As our partner TCR reports, there are currently delays at the crossing of Alashankou and Dostyk due to the large volumes of containers coming in from Qingdao and Lianyungang. There are currently 4,700 TEU in Qingdao and 8,064 TEU in Lianyungang. Reloading between Alashankou and Dostyk is still very slow with daily capacity of just about 200 wagons and the loading process to reaches up to 15 hours per train.
We expect railcars to be shipped out as following:
Arrival to Huangdao in August 2011 => dispatch by rail in November, 2011
Arrival to Huangdao in September 2011 => dispatch by rail in December 2011 – 10th January, 2012
Arrival to Huangdao in October 2011 => dispatch by rail after 10th January, 2012
In order to ease the congestion, it has been proposed that the entire railway be on one information system which will allow the railway and customs to have the ability to have smoother communication but up to this point, it has not been created.… Read more
The strike at Barcelona Port has ended. All port operations have resumed to their normal operations.… Read more
Economies of scale are about to raise one the largest ships in the world which will be launched by Maersk. An order of twenty newest Triple E container ships is coming from Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. These ships will have a great capacity of 18000 TEU (twenty foot equivalent) containers on a ship 400 meters long and 59 meters wide which would take a train over 68 miles long to carry a similar tonnage.… Read more
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