[photopress:logo_tlchina.jpg,full,alignright]A major conference, Transport Logistic China 2006, will be held September 19 – 22, 2006. This is a two-yearly event the first being held in 2004. The conference will be at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) in Pudong. The conference will deal with the massive expansion of logistics. Transport to and from China is booming, both on sea and in the air. For example, airfreight is predicted to increase from 12 to 15 percent annually.
A total of 214 exhibitors from 27 countries exhibited their products and services at transport logistic China 2004 with Air Cargo China 2004. There were 10,044 visitors from 54 countries.
This year the figures will be higher. This reflects the growth in logistics. According to the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) – an association of 11 major container shipping lines in the transpacific trade – the average growth of shipments from China to the US for the first two months of 2006 was 24 per cent. TSA executive director Albert Pierce said, ‘We don’t believe the shift in manufacturing to China, South-East Asia and elsewhere in the region has run its course.’
Source: Transport Logistic
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