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 About IPSA 
IPSA (International Port & Ship owner Association), an association built under GFO, is a leading network, which coordinates with port authorities, shipping carriers, warehouse agencies and shipping industry world. Our goal is to promote the new model of shipping industrial and business development and promote the business communications among the most international ports and ship owners. IPSA is not just a network; it is more like an E-port which interacts with most shipping services.
With the major demands from the global ports development trade and policies, IPSA focus on the mission to build well connection and expand the network on sharing shipping business strategies and operations as well as discuss on how all the port/shipping related services work in efficiency. IPSA has been constructing our new focus section and business development in China domestic infrastructure construction and projects, and welcome global logistics firms who are interested in working with regional officials and ports authorities to do business together. |
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Shipping Summit 2007
2007' summit will move to Tianjin, well known for the development of Binhai New Area. With the balance of the Chinese economy steadily shifting from south to north, and coming after the development of Shenzhen and Shanghai Pudong, Binhai New Area of Tianjin (BNAT) is in the process of becoming another hot property. Spurred on by the State Council's favorable economic policies, investment, labor and technologies are pouring into this new area. With its unique location connecting Beijing with the northern part of China, the Port of Tianjin has proved itself as one of the country's hub ports, and has the further aim of pooling the functions of port logistics, free trade zone, hi-tech, marine engineering and shipping services.
With 700 people expected to attend, the 2007 summit will create another networking opportunity for shipping and related industries |
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Industry News
Foreign-invested companies dominate China's overseas third party logistics (3PL), and domestic companies and public authorities should be aware of this, China Customs has warned in a report.
For example, of the US$2.97 billion 3PL overseas business Shanghai did in the first two months of this year - a jump of 96.5 per cent - foreign-invested companies handled US$2.49 of it - nearly 90 per cent.State-owned companies and domestic privately-owned companies only handled US$300 million cargo, an increase of 76.5 per cent, said the customs report.
Statistics show that there were 75 foreign-invested 3PLs engaged in import business in the free trade zones in Shanghai in the first two months of this year with average import value of US$30 million.
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