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Dachser makes changes at the top as it strengthens Asia network

Germany-headquartered 3PL Dachser has bolstered its Asia network with the establishment of a new Far East South cluster and a parallel structure for the Indian subcontinent.
It has promoted Kevin Chen (pictured above) as managing director of Air & Sea Logistics Far East South, who will be responsible for 477 employees and eight locations across Hong Kong, Taiwan and South China.
Mr Chen was formerly managing director of Air & Sea Logistics …

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Cochin opens fourth cement terminal

The recent arrival in Cochin of the bulk carrier Penna Suraksha, transporting 25,000 tonnes of cement from Krishnapatnam, marked the start of operations at a new cement facility in the port, operated by Penna Cement. The terminal, the fourth dedicated to cement handling in the port of Cochin, is part of a concerted effort to promote coastal shipping as a
cost-effective and environment friendly alternative means of transportation as envisaged under the Sagarmala Programme of the Ministry of...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/cochin-opens-fourth-cement-terminal/

Panel: Trade Tensions May Complicate Delicate Security Environment in Indo-Pacific

Washington’s simmering trade war with and tariffs against China are creating some unintended consequences for the U.S. military and its relationships with partners in the Pacific, a panel said today.

Speaking Thursday at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., Yuki Tatsumi, co-director of the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center, said President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum and threats to impose them on automobiles have made Japan and China “kind of strange...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/13/panel-trade-tensions-in-the-pacific-may-complicate-delicate-security-environment-there

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