RFID reader

The new DL910 reader has a read range of up to 15 meters and supports multiple protocols including ISO 18000-6C (EPC Gen 2) and ISO 18000-6B, as well as offering multiple port interfaces.

The reader has a range of configuration options, enabling its use in a variety of applications including car access control, logistics, warehouse and production line management.

Daily RFID is a subsidiary of PAN Group which is headquartered in Guangzhou.
Source: RFID News

       Minister of Raiways
           Liu Zhijun

The money is part of the RMB 4 trillion stimulus package announced by the government.

According to a national conference on railway construction in 2008, China spent RMB330 billion on railways.

Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun at the meeting said part of next year’s RMB 600 billion would be used to build a total of 5,148 km of new railways.

The minister also said the money will help put five passenger-dedicated, high-speed lines into operation next year. These rails will link the central city of Wuhan to the southern city of Guangzhou; Zhengzhou in central Henan Province to Xi’an in northwest Shaanxi Province; Ningbo to Wenzhou, both in east China’s Zhejiang Province; Wenzhou to Fuzhou in southern Fujian Province; and Fuzhou to Xiamen, also in Fujian.

The ministry also planned to start 70 new projects next year with part of the money. The minister said those projects will need a total investment of RMB1.5 trillion to be completed.

Railways inside the country will reach 110,000 km by 2012.
Source: China View

             Tianjin Port

Tianjin Port, the largest in north China, handled 354 million tonnes — 8.5 million TEUs — in the past year, a year-on-year increase of 19.7%

When Tianjin Port opened in 1952, it was a small, shallow-water harbor capable of handling less than 700,000 tonnes of cargo a year. It has since become a deep-water port with many specialized berths.

In 2007, it handled 300 million tonnes of cargo and 7.1 million TEUs of container cargo, which put it in the sixth and 20th place in the world, respectively.

There are more than 400 ship movements at the port each month to all points of the globe.
Source: CargoNews Asia

           Zhenggang Wang

Eastern China retailer and wholesale distributor China 3C Group announced it will acquire Jinhua Baofa Logistic for RMB120 million ($17.4 million).

China 3C, based in Hangzhou, said the deal is a definitive agreement for 100% of Jinhua and two technology subsidiaries.

The transaction is expected to close by the end of March.

China 3C Group is a leading retail chain operating over 600 independent stores in Eastern China. The company specializes in selling 3C products (communication, information technology and digital) in China through its subsidiary Zhejiang Yong Xin Digital Technology.

Zhenggang Wang, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer

Jinhua, founded in 2001, is an Eastern China transportation and logistics company and long-time transportation provider for China 3C. It operates a fleet of more than 70 trucks and moves electronics, machinery and equipment, metal products, chemical material, garments and handicraft goods in more than 20 cities in Eastern China, including Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing.

China 3C said that for the nine months that ended on Sept. 30, Jinhua had sales of about $7.8 million and net income of $1.7 million.
Source: The Journal of Commerce Online

      Shanghai to Jiangsu

In Shanghai work has started on the Chongming-Qidong Expressway, an important part of a regional project that will shorten travel time between Shanghai and the eastern Jiangsu Province by nearly half.

When finished in 2012, the expressway will link Chongming Island with Qidong, a coastal city in Shanghai’s neighboring Jiangsu Province.

He Ping, of the province’s transportation authority, said, ‘The expressway is the first cross-river project in Jiangsu Province that directly connects to Shanghai from north of the Yangtze River.’

It marks the final phase of the Shanghai-Chongming-Jiangsu connection that will link downtown Shanghai, Chongming Island and Jiangsu Province with a series of bridges, tunnels and highways.
Source: English EastDay.com

Sterling Commerce has received two awards in China for logistics and supply chain innovation.

The company won the 2008 Excellence in Logistics Solution Service Provider — Innovative Award, presented at the
2008 Asia Logistics & Supply Chain Management Summit Shanghai.

The company was also named Best Logistics Software Supplier at the sixth China Freight Industry Awards.
Source: MarketWatch

      Cai Lan deepwater port

An international container shipping route from Cai Lan port in Quang Ninh province to China has been officially launched.

Cai Lan is the first deep-water port in northern Vietnam capable of accommodating freighters weighing up to 50,000 DWT.

The opening of the new route followed a period of test-runs, with the MSC’s 1,090 TEU vessel, the Wellington, being the first to arrive in November.

As well as the launch of the international container route, the Vietnam Maritime Administration, the Quang Ninh Port Company and the Waterway Project Construction Corporation inaugurated a new waterway approaching Cai Lan port.

The new waterway, 130 m in width and 10 m deep, is capable of handling ships weighing between 40,000 and 50,000 DWT.
Source: Quang Ning Industrial Zones

                Hatsu Envoy

Evergreen will extend its North China service network by adding Tianjin into its China-South US West Coast-China Service (CPS) from early January.

The 6,332 TEU Hatsu Envoy will start on January 2 from Tianjin, operating a weekly service with the following port rotation:  Tianjin, Shanghai, Ningbo, Qingdao, Los Angeles, Oakland, Tianjin.

Evergreen has a number of new services under study, some of which will probably be operated on a joint basis with other carriers.
Source Eye for Transport

      Port of Los Angeles

The Port of Los Angeles next summer is scheduled to begin work next year on a $106-million expansion of the China Shipping Container Line terminal, eight years after submitting the original environmental impact report, EIR.

The harbor commission has approved the final EIR, with plans to begin construction in August.

Although it is one of the smaller facilities in the nation’s largest container port, the China Shipping terminal is possibly the most famous. The 75-acre first phase of the terminal opened in 2004 after lengthy litigation and settlement of a costly lawsuit brought on by environmentalists.

The port’s acceptance of strict environmental standards and a $50-million mitigation settlement for Phase One of the facility set the standard for marine terminal construction in Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor. In fact, environmental requirements have been further increased since then.

Under the latest EIR, all vessels will have to operate from shore-side electrical power. Vessel operators will have to burn low-sulfur fuel within 40 miles of the harbor and reduce vessel speed in order to cut down on emissions.

Low-emission rail locomotives, yard equipment and drayage trucks will also be required. Eventually, all trucks calling at the facility will have to run on alternative fuels. This is the way, eventually, all ports will have to operate.

When the second and third phases are completed, the terminal will be almost doubled in size to 142 acres. It will have 10 cranes, 2,500 feet of wharf and annual capacity of 1.5 million TEUs.
Source: LA Journal of Commerce

         Container terminal

The company will also bring forward its construction schedule by completing the terminal project one year and nine months ahead of the scheduled 2014.

Upon completion, the terminal will be able to accommodate four super-sized container ships at a total capacity of 2.8 million TEU (containers), expanding the southern harbor’s container volume.
Source: Cargonews Asia