March 22, 2016
Nearly every supply chain today has gone global at some level, making the phrase ‘global supply chain’ seem redundant in most cases. If you’ve only ever engaged in local trade, the logistics of cross-border trade — exchange rates, shipping times, language barriers, and time differences — would have been the least of your worries. Investors […]
March 17, 2016
A transaction, in its simplest form, is the exchange of goods between two parties: a buyer and a seller. While a local operation at the same physical location cannot be more straightforward, international trade (or any trade involving a significant distance between buyer and seller, for that matter) is more complicated and is not without […]
March 16, 2016
It is already a month since we met last time in London. We would like to share with you a number of interesting facts about base oil market, that we learned during the conference. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE More and more customers (traders, blenders and distributors) fro m any part of the world are looking […]
March 15, 2016
Dear Friends, Colleagues, Partners! It is already a month since we met last time in London. We would like to share with you a number of interesting facts about base oil market, that we learned during the conference. Here’s the first of BeFlexi’s insights: STRATEGIC LOCATION More than 600 delegates from over 50 countries joined […]
March 09, 2016
The congress is highly praised for its ways of presenting a global overview of the oilseed market and the current origins and consumptive markets for oilseeds, as well as its derivatives. There was also a major focus on presenting new strategies for financing and developing risk management policies to overcome competition. The price of palm […]
March 08, 2016
Flexitanks have come a long way since it began development in the 1960s. They were originally conceived by the United States military as a means to store and transport water and diesel fuel in bulk. In recent times, modern applications of flexitanks have become far more varied. In fact, the use of flexitanks has now […]
March 01, 2016
The logistics of shipping liquids has taken a huge leap in the last few years with the introduction of (and subsequent improvements made in) liquid bulk shipping. In a study published in 2008 by Waste & Resource Action Programme UK (WRAP), they found that almost three times the amount of wine could be shipped in […]
February 23, 2016
Companies all over the world are finding efficient ways to deliver goods from point A to point B. In recent years, the environment played a vital role in decisions about liquid logistics due to environmental hazards caused by transporting different types of fluids. Aside from finding efficient, cheap, and fast ways to transfer liquid goods, […]
February 16, 2016
International investment is vital for most economies and particularly important for developing countries. A country may have the labor and natural resources for particular products that are highly demanded by the international community but lack the capital needed to start producing. Likewise, they may lack the infrastructure necessary to transport the product through an efficient […]
February 09, 2016
In the evermore-competitive international trade environment that characterizes exporters’ sales, export financing is a key factor for success. Exporters surely want to receive their invoice payment as quickly as possible, whilst importers would rather delay payment until the cargo is received or resold. Being wherewithal to offer appealing payment terms is often required to make […]