Global Trade

News... 22 Feb Volga-Dnepr Group and Krasnoyarsk Airlines open multi-modal cargo terminal in Krasnoyarsk 22 Feb Swiss WorldCargo to increase capacity to Tel Aviv 13 Feb CMA CGM Group Orders Two New Luxury Cruise Liners 13 Feb Sas Cargo's Result Hit By Hard Competition 12 Feb Korea Express Defeats Hyundai Logistics' Emerges as No.1 12 Feb Cargolux Awarded for the Third Time ‘Best Cargo Airline in Spain’ 12 Feb TradeBeam Names Buff Jones Executive Vice President, Solutions, Engineering, and Managed Services 12 Feb GAC & GETMA International in global agency network tie-up 12 Feb Hanjin Shipping Launches China-India Service 10 Feb Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Subsidiary Closes Initial Pdp Financing For New State-Of-The-Art Boeing 08 Feb Triple Point Technology Adds a Record 21 New Clients for Fiscal Year 2007 07 Feb First ship naming for Hamburg Süd in New Zealand 07 Feb Evergreen and Maersk to co-operate on Asia-Europe Trade 07 Feb CMA CGM and Advens selected to take part in the privatization of Dagris 30 Jan Press Release on behalf of Container Shipping Information Service 30 Jan Grand Alliance upgrades ATX service in cooperation with ZIM 28 Jan Container Shipping Industry Launches Public Awareness Drive 28 Jan CMA CGM invests in the port of Busan 28 Jan Gac Sets Up Oil, Gas Logistics Facility Off India's Kakinada Port 12 Oct Air France Cargo Network Now Live on Unisys-Operated Cargo Portal Services 05 Sep Furniture Brands International rolls out GT Nexus 23 Aug FedEx Expands Cross-Border Solutions to Facilitate Trade along Mexico-U.S. Border 16 Aug Geodis Wilson Goes Live on GT Nexus Portal 11 Aug UPS Announces Three Top Financial Assignments 09 Aug New Aberdeen Group Report Highlights Supply Chain Finance and Inventory Management Best Practices for Working Capital Optimizati 09 Aug Highland Energy Selects Triple Point for Power and Gas Trading, Risk Management and Power Scheduling 07 Aug FedEx Kinko’s Escalates Expansion Efforts 02 Aug Westport Petroleum Selects Solarc For Trading And Transportation Management Of Crude And Refined Products 02 Aug Mackenzie of UPS Freight to Retire; Jack Holmes Named President 27 Jul UPS Introduces New Way to Manage Urgent Shipments 19 Jul Agility acquisition connects New Zealand to global network 19 Jul TradeBeam Recognized by Supply & Demand Chain Executive for Third Consecutive Year as a Top Supply Chain Service Provider 19 Jul Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Announces Management Appointments For Polar Air Cargo Worldwide 16 Jul Precision Software Enables Visible Global Transportation From A Single System 12 Jul Mitsubishi Motors Deploys GXS Managed Services to Support Global Trading Partner Network More News...

Global trade is the exchange of goods or services between countries and continents. Global Trade has gained prominence in this era because of free trade agreements and treaties. Logistics plays a leading role in Global Trade by moving goods, information and finance which are key elements of transnational trade. Global Trade Logistics is a specialized business in itself which requires special knowledge and experience different from INTRA country trade. Cross border transportation of goods from one country or continent to other through air or sea routes is a different game from inland transportation. Cross border transportation neccisates expertise in special areas like containerization, shipping, inter modal transportation, customs, security, rules and regulations of involved countries, free trade agreements, free trade zones, special economic zones etc. Liner Shipping, Cargo Airlines, NVOCC, GSA, Freight Forwarders, customs brokers, government agencies are some of the important entities in global trade.