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march/april 2010
Although Colombia relies on hydroelectric power for its basic electricity supply, when rainfall is low, the country turns to power plants run by natural gas and other fuels. One such plant is Termocandelaria Power, near Cartagena, on the Caribbean coast. To generate the needed power on demand, the company last year decided to convert from natural gas to dual-fuel, gas-or-diesel operation.
march/april 2010
Moving pieces of project cargo that weight hundreds of metric tons or are five stories tall or higher from point A to point B can be a challenge of monumental proportions. And when the location is remote, the river is shallow, and the best bet for a berth is a muddy riverbank, the challenge can easily reach epic proportions.
march/april 2010
The secret to moving project cargo in Colombia is improvisation, companies such as Kuehne + Nagel say. Although the size of France, Germany and Britain combined, Colombia has only 102,526 miles of road, and few of these are more than two lanes, making it a challenge to move cargo wider than 13 feet.
march/april 2010
India has survived the global recession relatively unscathed. Just look at its gross domestic product – growth of 7.3 percent in 2008 and an estimated 6.4 percent in 2009, according to the World Bank — compared with global GDP growth of 1.7 percent and minus 2.2 percent, respectively.
march/april 2010
Colombia has almost come full circle in the past two decades, evolving from a country that in the 1990s suffered an exodus of foreign investors because of rampant political insecurity to an attractive economy that is today luring a surge of investment as the military wins back control of resource-rich areas from cocaine-smuggling rebels.
april 2010
In the January issue we noted that 2010 promises to be a challenge for the wind power industry as general equipment availability and transport capacity begins to tighten up, placing additional constraints on supply chains. As more countries enter the market, the shortage of equipment to transport and to erect wind farms will be felt on a global basis in the second half of 2010 and into 2011.
march/apriL 2010
The importance of China and India cannot be over-estimated at a time when demand for commodities in Europe and North America is still feeling the effects of the global economic downturn.
march/april 2010
While neighbouring Venezuela falls off an economic cliff, Colombia is basking in an unprecedented moment in the country’s development, with record foreign investment more than tripling the levels of heavy lift cargo flowing into the country.
march/april 2010
South America, Africa and Asia are emerging as three of the key areas for future mining industry developments and related heavy lift/project cargo business. With that new business, though, could come a raft of new operational challenges for logistics providers forced to work with often inadequate transport infrastructures.
march/april 2010
Peru has been the Latin American economy least affected by the fallout from the global crisis, based on figures for economic growth and foreign investment.
march 29, 2010
BDP Project Logistics has opened an office in Aberdeen to service its UK project clients, particularly in the North Sea oil and gas industry. It will offer ocean, air, charter and road freight services, third-party warehousing, on- and off-site packing and crating and customs and documentation services.
march 2010
Wind power companies routinely face performance issues throughout their supply chains. These functional “gaps” often become problems that can prove very costly. Some gaps are more obvious than others.
february 2010
For those responsible for construction of wind farms, risks literally could be just around the corner. If your project logistics resources do not have extensive civil engineering experience, there could be serious consequences—from missed deadlines to cost over-runs. You want a resource that anticipates every curve in the road.
january/february 2010
Indonesia fared better than many of its Asian neighbors during the recession because less than 20 percent of its GDP comes from exports, says Aaron Chen, managing director of BDP Indonesia and senior adviser for BDP Project Logistics.
january/february 2010
In Thailand, a tangle of red tape has complicated the types of construction projects that trigger flows of project cargo.
january/february 2010
As China goes, so goes Asia. The sheer size of China’s market, its colossal scale of development and its drive to “indigenize” manufacturing will affect the region and indeed the globe for the foreseeable future.
january/february 2010
After a period of booming speculation, the Asian market for oil- and gas-related project cargo was smacked down by the recession. “But as with nature, industrial and financial markets in today’s international trade have their own way of correcting themselves,” said Martin Runshaug, Singapore-based commercial director for BDP Oil and Gas Logistics. “The global recession, which seems to have turned the corner, reintroduced the ‘survival of the fittest.’ ”
january 2010
Although wind power is the fastest-growing energy source, in many instances the skills required to move components to the project site have not kept pace. Wind power components are not your typical shipments, after all. If you are responsible for the construction of a wind farm, you want delivery of all components to be made on time and on budget, as well as eliminating downtime due to equipment shortages. And as the manufacturer you want your product to arrive quickly, intact, and fully functional, with the shortest effective hold times on inventory in order to improve your cash flow.
november 2009
Excerpt: "Chinese investment in African infrastructure is rising, fueling increased trade, particularly breakbulk cargo, between China and Africa and opening new doors for forwarders and carriers.
november 2009
Excerpt: " …Badreddine Hamadi, who represents BDP Project Logistics in the Algerian port city of Skikda, is confident these enormous projects will continue no matter how rapidly – or slowly – the global economy recovers. ‘The price of oil does not have any impact on these projects,’ he said. ‘These are signed contracts for 10-yer periods, no matter what happens. Algeria cannot go backward now.’
september 2009
Excerpt: " …Typically, said Dennis Devlin, director of global projects and energy for forwarder BDP Project Logistics, it takes about a year for the impact of a recession to hit projects."
august 27, 2009
A series of multi-billion-dollar infrastructure schemes are under way after years of underinvestment, offering a host of opportunities for international firms that are prepared to put up with the red tape.
july 14, 2009
Automobile and roll-on, roll-off traffic between the U.S. and the Middle East is in slow recovery mode after falling hard and fast last year.
may
2009
Memphis,
Tenn.-based cotton shipper Dunavant Enterprises made the difficult
decision this year to avoid putting all of his company's containerized
freight into liner service contracts.
may 2009
Excerpt: " …For his part, Luc Van Heygen, Managing Director for the Americas and Europe at BDP Project Logistics, said his clients and prospects, manufacturers and shippers of heavy-lift cargoes, have full order books through the middle of next year and some orders into 2011. Cargo is moving, he said, although new orders and inquiries have slowed and some mega-projects, such as the petrochemical complexes in the Middle East, have been put on hold or delayed."
march
24, 2009
THE
world must seem like a pretty lonely place to owners of small and
medium enterprises (SMEs), looking at the devastation caused by
the global downturn. Intense competitive pressures are causing cut-throat
price wars.
january/february
2009
Excerpt:
Carrier and forwarder views
Luc Van Heygen, managing director, Americas & Europe, BDP Project Logistics, remarks that, although there has been some slowing of plant construction projects, in part due to tight credit and the recession, the firm has not experienced any major decline in business.
Luc Van Heygen, managing director, Americas & Europe, BDP Project Logistics, remarks that, although there has been some slowing of plant construction projects, in part due to tight credit and the recession, the firm has not experienced any major decline in business.
january
2009
Infrastructure
projects provide some of the most promising areas for U.S. exports
to Vietnam, according to the Commerce Department’s U.S. Commercial
Service.
january
2009
This
year promises to be a major comedown for an Asian breakbulk and
project cargo shipping industry that had grown used to double-digit
annual growth.
january 2009
Singapore, a modern city-state with a population of 5 million, is a logistics and transshipment hub for Southeast Asia. Singapore’s logistics and supply-chain sector accounts for 9.4 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product and nearly 200,000 jobs.
december
28, 2008
U.S.
power engineering company Symbion Power, in collaboration with Hart
Security and AREVA Transmission and Distribution (AREVA T&D),
a division of the global energy company AREVA, announced today an
initiative to donate boots and socks to children in need in Afghanistan.
december
3, 2008
Industry
players say the segment is set to grow further with rapid industrialisation
across Asia. Compared with the more high-profile and consumer-driven
express freight business, the project logistics segment is a part
of the logistics industry that is not often seen or understood.
november
17, 2008
While
other U.S. ports, especially those on the West Coast, are planning
for reduced volumes in reaction to the global economic slowdown,
the Port of Houston and the nearby ports of Galveston and Freeport
are looking at expansion plans.
november
4, 2008
Well-run
family-owned businesses can thrive for generations, enjoying advantages
that conglomerates don't have, says RICHARD BOLTE JR.
fall
2008
Shippers
and carriers of breakbulk and heavy-lift cargo routinely solve the
world’s most daunting logistics challenges. The question now
is how they will respond to what could be their biggest challenge
yet: a crumbling infrastructure and the huge cost of fixing it.
Fall
2008
As
the national gross domestic product tripled capital investment over
the past 30 years, investment in public water resources infrastructure
decreased by 70 percent. The Army Corps of Engineers has a current
backlog of more than 500 projects with a cost of about $38 billion.
october 21, 2008
The key challenges of credit risks and lower volumes will likely lead to intense consolidation in the logistics and transport sector in coming months, said Richard Bolte Jr, CEO of US-based BDP International, one of the largest privately owned logistics firms.
august
14, 2008
For
most manufacturing and retail supply chains, the greatest challenges
center on managing suppliers, vendors, inbound logistics and other
front-end processes. The final delivery link is often the easy part
that can be handled by any reliable transportation provider. With
large project supply chains, however, the order of difficulty is
often just the opposite. The final logistics leg can make or break
the success of huge industrial construction projects.
june
2008
From
the June edition of AMERICAN SHIPPER magazine, coverage of BDP and
customers’ leaders seeking expanded ocean vessel and equipment
capacity in US export trade-lanes. BDP continues to play an assertive
role on the front lines of Operations and Transportation procurement
to help our customers, and as a voice of advocacy to shed light
on this issue.
may
12, 2008
While
the vast majority of logistics jobs involve moving packages and
containerised cargo from point A to point B, occasionally a job
comes along that is so difficult, so large in scale and complexity
that only a specialised team of experts could attempt it.
april
29, 2008
American
company, BDP International, is optimistic about the logistics market.
It set up BDP Project Logistics in Singapore in September last year,
becoming the first project logistics company to establish its global
headquarters here.
april 29, 2008
The burgeoning number of complex projects in the energy and natural resources markets such as in the construction, mining, power, oil, natural gas and chemical industries in remote locations has encouraged BDP International, one of the largest privately owned logistics firms, to set up a dedicated unit to cater to such projects.
april
25, 2008
Increased
foreign trade in Brazil and federal government investments under
the growth acceleration plan PAC, especially in infrastructure,
are helping local companies to grow.
March/april
2008
Excerpt:
“The project market, particularly in the oil and mining sectors,
is booming and I don’t see it letting up unless there is some
unforeseen disaster,” comments Dennis Devlin, director of
BDP Project Logistics’ Houston office.
march
3 , 2008
Gigantic tanks for Quinn Chemicals crossed bridge in Leuna
february
21, 2008
PHILADELPHIA
and SINGAPORE—BDP International, a global logistics and transportation
management company, said this week it is establishing a Singapore-based
global alliance of small- to mid-size firms to better compete with
larger, multi-national logistics services providers.
february
20, 2008
BDP
International is banding together small and medium-size logistics
and transport companies in a new global alliance to challenge the
dominance of large multinational groups in the business.
february
11, 2008
Building the path for huge industrial plants for Quinn Chemicals in Leuna, Germany.
january
28, 2008
Largely
in response to the pull from their American client base, mid-sized
US freight forwarders have been expanding aggressively in China.
Typically, this has drawn them to Shanghai first, but as their customers
move inland, regional and domestic activities in other locations
are on the rise.
january
7, 2008
Fool's
gold or Holy Grail? It's been said that a fool is someone who knows
the cost of everything, but the value of nothing. Yet many global
shippers continue to fall for the fool's gold of cheap transportation
costs, often at the expense of the Holy Grail of longer-term, more
broad-based cost reductions that could benefit their bottom lines.
october
22, 2007
How
can non-Chinese companies minimize their risks and maximum their
opportunities from China's tax reform?
october
22, 2007
Be
careful about what you ask for, the saying goes, because you might
get what you want. For years, U.S. and other multinationals have
been asking China to "level the playing field" for non-Chinese
companies. That means bringing Chinese practices fully in line with
those of the World Trade Organization, which China joined in 2001.
september
28, 2007
The
role of the logistics professional is evolving from supply chain
manager to risk manager, as global supply chains are increasingly
exposed to risks such as terrorism, pandemics and natural disasters.
september
3, 2007
When
Horizon Lines last month carved out its nascent logistics operation
into a separate business division, the ocean container line set
sail into waters that are increasingly popular, and potentially
turbulent.
june
1, 2007
Although
nearly half of supply chain executives at multi-national companies
in the chemical, consumer goods, industrial, and retail sectors
consider their supply chains to be global, the reality is that most
supply chain operating decisions, are, in fact, regional, according
to a recent report published by Centrx, a consulting unit of freight
logistics and transportation management firm BDP International,
and St. Joseph’s University.
march
19, 2007
Seat
cushions. Paints. Perfumes. Cosmetics. Computer housing. What do
these products have in common? They all release chemical substances
into the environment, so exporters of the products to Europe must
comply with new demanding European regulations known as REACH, short
for "Registration, Evaluation and Authorization, and Restriction
of Chemicals."
january
29, 2007
One
of the biggest challenges in 2007 will be dealing with the myriad
of regulatory changes enacted to enhance security, such as the SAFE
Port Act and the Transportation Worker Identification Credential
program.
november
10, 2006
Why
was Singapore the first choice for US-based freight forwarding company,
BDP International, when setting up its very first office in Asia
Pacific 10 years ago?
november
8, 2006
The
logistics challenges of Sino-European Chemicals trade
august
1, 2006
BDP
has been recognized as one of the top 10 logistics firms, cited
by customers for outstanding Customer Service and Overall Performance,
in the 2006 Quest for Quality.
January
24, 2006
US-based
BDP International, a privately owned global logistics provider,
has experienced rapid growth since it started operations in Asia
since 1993. This growth has been increasingly pronounced over the
last five years.
november
2005
Chilled
cargo, medications, dangerous goods, chemicals and dutiable goods-BDP
International, which is active worldwide, offers logistics services
such as dangerous goods transport on land, sea, or air, as well
as individually customized logistics instruments.
september
2005
There's little value in simply moving goods from Point A to Point
B, according to Frank Scheibner, president of Hellmann USA
(www.hellmann.net).
That's a strange admission for a freight forwarder.
AUGUST
3, 2005
Fourth-party
logistics providers (4PLs) that oversee component entities in a
supply chain are finding their place in the chemical industry.
may
9, 2005
At
last week's Trans-Atlantic Maritime Conference, a chorus of speeches
and PowerPoint presentations bemoaned port delays, trucking shortages
and rate increases. John M. Bolte sang a different key.
June
14, 2004
It
sounds almost too good to be true. The Chinese retail market of
1.2 billion up-and-coming consumers, long the object of every international
company's most-ardent desires, will become fully open to foreign
retail distributors under a new Chinese law that will take effect
next January 1.
June
7, 2004
Despite
the boom and bust of e-commerce companies in the late 1990s, it's
an accepted fact that the Internet has steadily grown and matured
as a platform for the conveyance and processing of information.
march
2004
New regulatory environment and IT advancements figure prominently for
shippers.
January
28, 2004
BDP International, a privately held global logistics and transportation services company, has acquired a majority interest in the transportation division of Merlin Logistics GmbH of Germany, and full ownership of French company ACTA S.A.S.
june 16, 2003
The Royal manual typewriter is preserved in a glass case at BDP International headquarters overlooking Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It's a reminder of the freight forwarder's origins in 1966, when Dick Bolte launched his company with the help of a $1,200 loan.
November 16, 2002
Manufacturers are finding shipping alternatives to the West Coast ports to avoid any further labor disruptions as they head into the busiest shopping season of the year.
May/June
2002
The effective deregulation of ocean transportation pricing that went into effect last May under the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) has created opportunities for shippers to wring out costs from the logistics part of their supply chains...
june
2001
The expansion in chemicals manufacturing and trade is leading to increased demand for chemicals storage, packing, drumming and transportation throughout Asia. US-based BDP, a specialist in chemical logistics, has experienced rapid growth since it started its Asian operations in 1993.
october
2000
Shippers are turning to outsiders for advice on international regulatory compliance and distribution network design. Freight forwarders hope they'll get the call.
July 31, 2000
If you're an honest importer, you already know more than you want to about the U.S. Customs Service. You know about paying duties. You know about filling out your customs entry form. But do you know what an assist is? Do you know how to incorporate royalties, license fees and buyer's commissions into your customs paperwork?
July
2000
Reflecting the diverse needs of IL readers, and the frenetic pace of growth of the market segment, it includes well-known companies, a smattering of 3PL niche providers, and newer companies offering specialized logistics services. They're all listed alphabetically to make it solutions-based resource, rather than to rank one provider over another. Below is the list of companies featured in the Top 100 chart. To contact and request information from any or all of these companies, use our fast, convenient Online 3PL RFP.
April
2000
Just a few years ago, pundits predicted integrated carriers would kill them off. Today, domestic airfreight service providers are experiencing a rebirth.
