TTL open for business as Indonesian plan to upgrade port facilities gathers pace
Indonesia state-owned port operator Pelindo III has begun operations at recently opened Terminal Teluk Lamong ...
TFII: SOLID AS USUALMAERSK: WEAKENINGF: FALLING OFF A CLIFFAAPL: 'BOTTLENECK IN MAINLAND CHINA'AAPL: CHINA TRENDSDHL: GROWTH CAPEXR: ANOTHER SOLID DELIVERYMFT: HERE COMES THE FALLDSV: LOOK AT SCHENKER PERFORMANCEUPS: A WAVE OF DOWNGRADES DSV: BARGAIN BINKNX: EARNINGS OUTODFL: RISING AND FALLING AND THEN RISING
TFII: SOLID AS USUALMAERSK: WEAKENINGF: FALLING OFF A CLIFFAAPL: 'BOTTLENECK IN MAINLAND CHINA'AAPL: CHINA TRENDSDHL: GROWTH CAPEXR: ANOTHER SOLID DELIVERYMFT: HERE COMES THE FALLDSV: LOOK AT SCHENKER PERFORMANCEUPS: A WAVE OF DOWNGRADES DSV: BARGAIN BINKNX: EARNINGS OUTODFL: RISING AND FALLING AND THEN RISING
This week has seen the latest round of waffle from the mainstream media about the next generation of emerging economies. Economist Jim O’Neill, widely credited with coining the BRIC [Brazil, Russia, India and China] acronym (although it would work equally well as BIRC or CRIB, given the nature of some of the economic activity), has come up with a new one: MINT – or Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey. For anyone remotely involved with logistics and supply chains, this is neither new or news, but the BBC and national newspapers are full of it this week. As a partial antidote to our readers, here’s a list of the next-next-next emerging markets to watch out for. Oh, and by the way, out of those 10, The Loadstar’s top five are SMILE: Sierra Leone, Mongolia, Iraq, Libya and Eritrea (although MILES and SLIME would also work…)
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