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Wednesday, 19 September, 2007

The official newsletter of the Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Society.
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- Singapore Still Number 1
- 12,500 TEU vessels ordered
- Intakes Open for Courses
- Talk on Sourcing in China

Singapore Still Number 1
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Singapore still stands in the lead as the world’s top container
port globally with Shanghai and then Hong Kong taking 2nd and 3rd
place respectively as the August monthly box scores came in. PSA
Singapore Terminals handled 17.8 million TEU’s in the first
eight months of 2007, up 13.7 per cent from 15.6 million TEU in the
corresponding period in 2006.

Shanghai however looks ready to take the top spot globally with their
throughput of 17.1 million TEU which is an increase of 22.4 per cent
over 2006. Hong Kong's throughput was 15.72 million TEU to August, an
increase of 2.3 per cent.

Talk on Sourcing in China
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Organisations – big and small - are rushing to source their
products in China and trade fairs that promote sourcing just about
everything you can possibly imagine appear to be getting bigger. In
light of the most recent developments and concerns over issues such
as quality, how long will this last or are we seeing the end of a
very short trend?

Organised by SIM and supported by The Logistics & Supply Chain
Management Society, members can find out more at a talk to be
conducted at 7.00p.m. on 27th September 2007. To find out more about
the speaker, costs and venue, please email elee@lscms.org.

Intakes Open for Courses
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New intakes will soon be commencing for Certificate, Diploma,
Bachelors and Masters programmes conducted in Singapore, Malaysia,
Vietnam and by distance learning though the Logistics & Supply Chain
Management Society. Courses are taught by industry veterans and
awarded by leading institutions or government agencies and this means
that not only will you gain internationally recognized qualifications
but also benefit from learning from industry players.

Professionals and students interested in upgrading their skills and
qualifications can contact the Society at 6222 5280 or elee@lscms.org

12,000 TEU vessel’s ordered
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Just as the world’s first 8,000 TEU vessel turns 10 this month,
it was announced in a report by AXS-Alphaliner News, that Zim
Integrated Shipping Services will be chartering eight 12,500 TEU
newbuilds which are expected to come on-line in 2012.

According to AXS-Alphaliner records, there are currently 308 orders
for ships with a capacity of over 8,000 TEU’s and of this over
165 of them have capacities of over 10,000 TEU. This brings the total
ship orderbook for all sizes of vessels to more than 6.5 million TEU,
equivalent to more than 62 per cent of the existing cellular fleet.

It is expected that routings and operations will change significantly
when these vessels become available with fewer ports of call and the
possibility that vessels will not be able to sail though the Malacca
Straits.