Box lines force D&D charges on near-bankrupt Afghan shippers caught in crossfire
Cross-border trading between Afghanistan and Pakistan, via the southwestern port of Karachi in Pakistan, has ...
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
Arabian Supply Chain has done an interesting interview with the Supreme Group, which is helping with the supply chain in and out of Afghanistan for US troops. It paints a fine picture of the enormity of the job, the lack of transparency into the movements and the need for a Plan B. Supreme, which distributes food for troops as well as bringing out some of the $28bn worth of equipment, uses between 20 and 30 B747 freighters each week into the country. It has also set up an alternative road route to Pakistan via Latvia.
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Comment on this article
Alex Lennane
January 09, 2014 at 9:48 amA helpful reader, who knows this market well, has pointed out that in fact Supreme last year lost the $8.1bn contract to supply US troops with food to Dubai company Anham. Since then it appears that most of Supreme’s flights into Afghanistan have stopped.
http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/dubai-company-wins-dh29-billion-deal-to-supply-us-forces-in-afghanistan