Race to top 10 pays off for Port Klang KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 25): When the government made the bold decision to position Port Klang as the country’s premier maritime gateway in the 1990s, it raised a lot of eyebrows. After all, competing with regional rivals like Singapore and Hong Kong was no small task, and both were already way ahead [...]
25/10/2025
How geopolitics is redrawing the world’s shipping routes Globalisation isn’t dead, but it’s changing course, writes Neil Shearing, group chief economist at Capital Economics, and author of this year’s bestseller The Fractured Age. Commentators have been quick to declare globalisation dead. But, as is so often the case in economics, the reality is more complicated than the headlines suggest. This [...]
25/10/2025
Asia-U.S. container rates rally GRIs, less capacity boosts trans-Pacific prices The uncertainty that has marked global ocean shipping so far this year struck again this past week –but that may signal a turn for the better for ocean carriers. Container rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific posted increases, halting steady declines that have challenged lows from 2023. Rates from Asia to [...]
25/10/2025
Minelog Recognised by ASEAN Records as the Largest Mid-Tier Homegrown Logistics Company for Export- and Import-Focused Global Brands KUALA LUMPUR: Mine Logistics Sdn Bhd (Minelog) has officially been recognised by ASEAN Records as the Largest Mid-Tier Homegrown Logistics Company for Export- and Import-Focused Global Brands, achieving the impressive milestone of handling 103,806 TEUs in 2024. This regional recognition underscores Minelog’s [...]
24/10/2025
Carbon: Defining the role of CCUS and carbon markets in Malaysia’s transition Malaysia must address its excess carbon emissions — rooted in entrenched fossil fuel reliance across power generation, transport and heavy industry — and accelerate decarbonisation across all sectors to meet its 2050 net zero target. Other than increasing the penetration of renewable energy, electric vehicles and other solutions [...]
12/10/2025
Shanghai stays as world’s busiest container port in H1 Ongoing liner consolidation to have long-term and profound impacts on port development, says SIPG. In the first six months, its container throughput was 27.065m teu, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%. Container volume at its Yangshan port area amounted to 14.056m teu, grew 7.5%, accounting for 51.9% of the total container throughput [...]
12/10/2025
Highlights of Budget 2026 Government finances, outlook Malaysian economy expected to grow 4.0%-4.5% in 2026 Public revenue for 2026 estimated at RM343.1 billion, up from RM334.1 billion in 2025 Federal government outlay totals RM419 billion under Budget 2026, comprising RM338.2 billion in operating expenditure and RM81 billion in development expenditure. Additionally, there will be RM30 billion from GLICs, RM10 billion [...]
12/10/2025
The AI Advantage: Supply Chains Evolve for Rapid Response We explore how AI is used in supply chain planning and reporting, with a look at the top vendors and how global companies are using the tools to get ahead As companies around the world turn to AI to aid with planning and reporting in their supply chains, it is easy [...]
30/09/2025
Global Maritime Forum Warns Industry Risks Leadership Crisis Without Diversity Reform A comprehensive new report from the Global Maritime Forum reveals how outdated norms and exclusionary practices are preventing the maritime sector from realizing its full leadership potential at a time when the industry faces a projected shortage of 90,000 trained officers by 2026. The “Diversifying Maritime Leadership” report, based [...]
30/09/2025
Can hydrogen make good on its clean energy potential? Ten for ambition, five for achievement. Hydrogen’s journey to alternative fuel solution at scale continues to be a slow one, but the tempo is changing, argues Mariam Tzannatos, hydrogen sector analyst at Maritime Strategies International. Over the last few years, the narrative around clean hydrogen has shifted. Once a revolutionary replacement [...]
30/09/2025
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