Office hours during Ramadan

The Islamic holy month of Ramadan will begin on May 27th. During this period from sunrise to sunset fasting, office located in Muslim countries will enable special office hours. The following is an overview of working hours in offices in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia during ramadan: Bangladesh: 09:00-15:30 from May 28th to June 24th Indonesia: May …

Air transport in the Middle East

With the current political situation involving the Gulf countries, Qatar Airways and Qatar Cargo suspend their business in Saudi Arabia (KSA), Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain (BHR) and Egypt (EGY) flight. The date of recovery is to be notified. Please be aware that other Qatar Cargo networks are not affected and are still functioning as usual. If the …

Shipping information updated, Antwerp and Rotterdam ports collect port congestion surcharge

At present, a number of factors leading to Antwerp and Rotterdam are serious congestion, these factors include shipping alliance reorganization, freight volume being increased and the use of larger ships. Earlier at the end of June the network attack also makes the situation worse. The congestion resulted in serious barge delays. In order to solve …

Congestion at Chinese ports

Due to severe weather conditions and heavy fog in northern China,severe congestion has occured in major seaports in Shanghai, Qingdao and Ningbo. Europe and the Far East are affected worst. Problems for delays and rising costs are expected to exist until mid May.Especially the capacity of ships sailing eastward is decreasing which will aggravate the situation. Knowing more about effect …

The influence of Chinese new year on Supply Chain

During the Spring Festival (CNY), Chinese population returning to welcome the new year is the world’s largest population flow of the tide. Chinese work areas are usually very far away from home, so during the Spring Festival, most of the mainland factories will give employees holidays, which has a great influence on the world’s supply …

The factory are to be suspended operations during the G20

G20 summit will be held in Hangzhou from September 4th to 5th , leaders from each country will discuss important issues relating to the global economy. To meet this important international conference, China will be fully prepared to work and Chinese official statement has ordered 255 factories to suspend operations in Shanghai during the period from August 24th to September …