The Logistics Network
Weekly Broadcast
Weekending: July 8, 2012
*** WPA News ***
Our thanks this week to our friend, Charles Gan of GNS Freight System, Malaysia who has provided us with the "Life
of a Freight Forwarder" reproduced below. This humorous article is made even more amusing by the fact that it is true
and factual!
WPA 3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE:
WPA has selected the Landmark Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand as our venue and has negotiated extremely attractive
room rates for our attendees and also made arrangements with the Armari Hotel (a 3/4 Star Hotel located 3-5 minutes
walk away) for those seeking alternative room arrangements. Therefore, please mark your calendars for 3rd Annual
WPA Conference, March 10-13, 2013.
WPA STATISTICS:
Including applications pending, WPA Members represent a network the size of many multi-nationals with Annual
Revenues of USD 2,831,480,565 generated by 10,561 staff operating from 318 offices in 188 cities in 86 countries.
NEW WPA FAMILY MEMBERS:
The WPA Team is pleased to announce that the following members have added additional branches to their existing
membership during the past week. Their full profiles can be found on their WPA webpages. Please extend your normal
warm welcome to them:
Apex International
Osaka
- Freight Forwarders - Air/Ocean
Tokyo
Steve Ko
steve@apexintl.co.jp
Together with a group of well experience staff, we established Apex International. We take this step to face the new
challenge and new century that lies ahead of us. Today logistics goes beyond the traditional functions of cargo handling,
inventory management and transportation arrangement. As the world move towards a knowledge base and hi-tech
transportation, we are here to participate and enable a smooth excellent service. We conduct our business in accordance
with high ethical standards.
RADIANT/Airgroup
Los Angeles
- Freight Forwarders - Air/Ocean
Belleview, WA
Michael von Loesch
mvonloesch@radiantdelivers.com
All part of Radiant Logistics (NYSE: RLGT), Airgroup and Adcom have, over the last two decades, continued to assure
the highest level of service while remaining committed to maximum value. As sophistication of supply chain
management continues, it has become increasingly important that a service provider possess not only good business
practices but a high degree of global savvy. Radiant Logistics understands these expectations and meets these
requirements with a high degree of ingenuity, forward thinking and vision.
*** WPA Member News ***
Submitted on July 6, 2012 by N. Santhosh of Sevenseas Global Express Logistics, India
Sevenseas Global Express Logistics - Bangalore office
Dear Friends,
We would like to keep you updated that the following people who were working with Sevenseas Global Express logistics
pvt ltd Bangalore office have been suspended from duties subject to pending enquiry with immediate effect against
involvement in unethical business practice in violation of the terms and conditions agreed with the company. We have
initiated legal proceedings against them.
The people involved at our Bangalore office are · Mr. K Murali – Branch Manager, Bangalore · Mr. C. Obelesh –
Export Manager, Bangalore · Mr. Alphonse – Import & Customs Brokerage Manager, Bangalore · Mr. Ashok Rao –
Manger Business Development, Bangalore
They have been working in our organization and formed a company called Tetra Logistics registered on the 1st June
2012.
While we deeply regret for such incidents in our organisation we would like assure you that we have take necessary
arrangements to handle all consignments without any difficulties and hurdles. We felt that an immediate action was
imminent to maintain our integrity and business ethics and Overseas partner relations.
We request you to exercise caution, while dealing with freight forwarding companies mushrooming without any industrial
and financial backup ,with no proper licences in place. There are many fly by night operators coming up and vanishing
without a trace in this most competitive field of freight forwarding , request you to consider any risk and service issues
dealing with such people, we believe that organization are made of people but surely existent beyond people.
Thanking you for your understanding and continues support.
Best Regards
N. Santhosh, General Manager
Sevenseas Global Express Logistics Pvt Ltd – Bangalore
T: +91 80 42694000 F: +91 80 42694099 M: +91 9900522740 E-mail : santhosh@sevenseasexpress.com
Website : www.sevenseasexpress.com Skype : nsanthosh71
Submitted on July 6, 2012 by Charles Gan of GNS Freight System, Malaysia
Life of a freight forwarder
We are capable of calculating quotations for three major projects, make booking for 5 different shipments and answering
12 totally unnecessary calls per hour, all simultaneously. We do not require sleep and are at your service 25 hours a
day, 8 days a week. Our home numbers are your numbers.
We are responsible for production delays, traffic jams, weather conditions, and mechanical problems with trucks, aircraft
and ships and depressed economic conditions overall. We are totally responsible for any lost or damaged freight and will
personally replace it upon request.
We have powers, which allow us to add unlimited weight and volume to an already overloaded truck. We create miracles
by loading unlimited weight and volume into airline/sea freight containers. Furthermore, we can always motivate drivers to
be your free-of-charge temporary employees to help with loading and unloading.
"Yesterday" delivery requirements with cargo loading today are regularly completed the day before yesterday, ten times a
day, every day. We know that when you order for a truck for loading on Monday that you really need it on Saturday, but
that you only want the overnight load delivered the following Wednesday. You want us to be at the office on weekends &
public holidays to unload your goods at 2am and to ensure that your truck returns on time for your normal deliveries.
We are always friendly with a smile, have mastered telepathy, show empathy and gladly act as our customer's
psychiatrists. We embrace the challenge when you cancel the space with the airline and one hour later expect the airline
to hold the space for you just in case you require the capacity again, and do this daily.
We embrace the opportunity that you allow us to develop our negotiation skills with the airlines in securing capacity on
already overbooked flight and allowing us to freely negotiate a cheap spot rate for the freight as well.
We speak all languages and know the location of even the smallest town anywhere in the world. We are able to obtain
freight inclusive of clearance and door delivery to the strangest of places at a moment's notice. At your request we can
comply with any and all of additional requirements your company may have. We also repair vehicles and computers.
For undisturbed road traffic that has cloaked our vehicles and does result in a traffic jam, we are capable of freeing the
roads upon requests in order to meet cut offs.
Naturally, payment of our invoices is optional and if your company has financial difficulties we will gladly advance
unlimited funds for as long as you require them.
Our lives have been enriched by the endless opportunities that you have allowed us to experience................
Sincerely,
*** WPA Industry News ***
Submitted on July 6, 2012 by WPA Administrator of WPA in USA
Europe to Asia container rates rocket
Analyst says capacity is tightening while headhaul volumes fall and backhaul volumes continue to rise: The spot price of
moving forty foot containers from Rotterdam to Shanghai jumped by more than 16% this week and by almost
40% compared with the same period last year.
According to the World Container Index (WCI), published yesterday, the ‘backhaul’ rate has now hit US$1,004
compared with $863 one week ago. The rate was $464 at the end of December 2011.
The news follows an announcement this week that MSC will ‘restrict’ bookings on the Europe to Asia trade lane.
Philip Damas, of supply chain advisers Drewry, which assesses the WCI, told Lloyd’s Loading List.com that the rise
could be the result of falling Asia-to-Europe demand combined with rising volumes in the other direction.
“Clearly the carriers are tightening capacity,” he said.
“But this may also be a sign that carriers are trying to offset the loss of revenue on the main Asia-Europe direction by
trying to increase revenue in the Europe-Asia direction.
“The traffic volume from Asia to Europe is decreasing which, from the carriers’ viewpoint, is a poor situation, but traffic
from Europe to Asia is still increasing.”
Asked about trends in the rest of the world, Damas said the global rates situation remains unsettled and that he expects
further falls, despite a US$600 combined General Rate Increase (GRI) and Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) announced by
Hapag-Lloyd on its Asia-Europe services this week, a move some expect to be replicated by other lines.
“We are still seeing a lot of volatility. In the south Pacific, rates appear to have peaked and have decreased by 6%
between Asia and the US. I suspect the same will happen on Asia to Europe because they are high really.”
Damas said that he thought General Rate Increases (GRI) on the Asia to Europe direction were unrelated to rising costs
going the other way.
Asked whether Hapag-Lloyd’s $600 PSS/GRI, pencilled in for August, stands much chance of success, Damas said
simply: “I don’t think so.”
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