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January 1st, 2009 — Innovation, Issue 14 January 2009
Forecasting methods know tomorrow’s demand today
On some days there is just metal on the shelves. A few days later the cash counter rings briskly. Department managers, who can account for each item on their product range weeks in advance, are faced with neither over stocking nor unavailability of stock.
January 1st, 2009 — Interview, Issue 14 January 2009
The region’s biggest cargo fleet is here to stay, Jassim Al Bastaki tells Kathryn Semcow
You could say all-cargo carrier Midex Airlines entered the market at one of the worst times in aviation history. When it launched its first flight from the Al Ain Airport in June 2008, fuel prices were high as ever and airlines around the world were wondering if they could survive.
January 1st, 2009 — Analysis, Issue 14 January 2009
Good luck trying to move goods in and out of Palestine
At JoTrans at the Dead Sea in Jordan last month, Palestinian Minister of Transport Dr. Mashhour Abudaka began his speech insisting that he would avoid discussing politics. But he couldn’t help it. How could he sidestep the fact, after all, that Israel took Qalandia Airport (renamed Atarot Airport) in 1967, that there is a “total siege in Gaza Strip” and that Palestinians are not allowed to transfer goods from one truck to another?
January 1st, 2009 — Interview, Issue 14 January 2009
Nabel Mohammed Saleh, Director of Roads, Roads and Traffic Agency (RTA) gives
Munawar Shariff a clear picture of how the RTA is handling the issue of constructing
new roads, reducing traffic and building the infrastructure for Dubai’s future growth
Munawar Shariff: By how much are you expanding your roads? What is the capacity of vehicles you are targeting to absorb on all the new road constructions?
January 1st, 2009 — Analysis, Issue 14 January 2009
Jordan is moving ahead with its railway development plans … as soon as it can get the cash
“Time is very limited for us,” says Laith Dababneh, Director, Multi Transport Department for Jordan’s Ministry of Transport, on finding investors for Jordan’s rail projects. By mid-2012, Aqaba Development Corporation will have moved Aqaba Port’s phosphate terminal 18 kilometres from its current place, which means the railway which transfers phosphate from the El Abiad, Hassa and Shediah mines to the port (a distance between 140 and 290 kilometres) will also have to move.
January 1st, 2009 — Issue 14 January 2009, Trends
Dubai is known to be a centre of trade from time immemorial and as much as it
grows as a business hub, illegal cargo still uses the route to reach other destinations
The demand for antiquities is phenomenal. And whenever there is phenomenal demand for a product, it is usually matched by supply. This is where the supply chain of smuggling antiquities gets kicked off – in the want of the consumer.
January 1st, 2009 — Editorial, Issue 14 January 2009
Watch your back
Are you feeling paranoid these days? I am. I was in the Taj, Oberoi in Mumbai only a month before it was attacked, and my boss was there when the gunmen entered the main doors. Thankfully, he made it out, but we here at DVV were all left a little shaky.
January 1st, 2009 — Issue 14 January 2009, Special
Afghanistan, a nation ravaged by decades of war, is being fed – literally – through the efforts of the United Nations
If your business is based out of the Middle East, you can be spoiled for choices on which airline to use for your business travel and cargo needs. There are new airline companies, terminals, warehouses and airports springing up all across the region.
