Posted by julian on Feb 4, 2010 in
Export
Our largest exports by volume are waste paper and scrap metal. Even hay and cotton rates a mention! Doesn’t this say something about our malaise? If we are going green as President Obama tells us this is the future, recycling is very much part of that cause. Why can’t we re-process the scrap metal and [...]
Tags: China, Export, United, United States
Posted by julian on Aug 19, 2009 in
Company News,
Export
It appears Australia has been one major nation least affected by this current recession. In the sixteen years we have been in business, exports to Australia has accounted for over 75% of our business activity. From the days fifteen years ago of not enough capacity creating extremely high rates to today where airlines are fighting [...]
Tags: Australia, Export, haka, New Zealand, Tony Feist
Posted by julian on Aug 13, 2009 in
Economy,
Politics
One of the aspects I enjoy most about the Internet is to be able to read international newspapers, the ones of some repute and not those tacky tabloids controlled by that wrinkled up little prune, Rupert Murdoch! London’s Daily Telegraph in my opinion is amongst the finest of newspapers. One article which recently grabbed my [...]
Tags: Africa, bankruptcy, Capitalism, China, Communist, Export, GDP, ponzi, Rio Tinto, Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street
Posted by julian on Apr 2, 2009 in
Export
Our business is getting like the car industry. It doesn’t matter what the deal, freight volumes are still on the decline. I think many companies have barely scratched the surface in attacking their now bloated workforce. At the top, FedEx and especially that backward thinking and backward acting competitor, UPS. Every time I see a [...]
Tags: CII, DHL, Export, FedEX, UPS