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A Liner Conference System (also called a "shipping conference") is an agreement within the shipping industry in relation to ocean liners. Typically, the agreement is between two or more shipping companies to provide scheduled cargo and/or passenger service on a particular trade route under uniform rates and common terms.
Malaysia International Shipping Corporation was founded in 1968 by Robert Kuok on request of the Malaysian government. Kuok, who had no experience in the business, sought the help of the Hong Kong-Chinese shipping magnate, Frank Tsao. [1] For his help with establishing the business, Tsao was conferred the title of Tan Sri by the King of ...
OT Africa Line was established in 1975 as a pioneering, roll-on roll-off congestion beating transport system to Nigeria. Nigeria went through a massive construction boom with the discovery of oil in the mid-1970s [ 3 ] and the need to provide construction materials and equipment resulted in port congestion.
The April 2011 conference was the first time companies rather than governments had contributed financial support to the UN counter-piracy trust fund. [40] The inaugural conference was attended by more than 65 governments and representatives of international organisations, including the United Nations [ 41 ] and more than 120 leaders from ...
Following a close partnership with Safmarine for many decades, Deutsche Afrika-Linien and Safmarine decided to form a long-term alliance called the Safmarine / DAL Joint Venture (SAFDAL) in 1997 to represent their commercial interests in the Southern Africa Europe Container Service (SAECS). Since then, the business has expanded slowly, but ...
In Africa ports in South Africa, Mozambique and later Tanzania and Kenya were called. With further growth of the traffic, calls to Mombasa, Tanga and Dar es Salaam in East Africa were added and the company name changed into Christensen Canadian African Lines (CCAL). CCAL also started to call at some West African ports.
Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen-king (Chinese: 曹文錦; 1925 – 12 August 2019) was a Chinese-born entrepreneur who established shipping and textiles businesses in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Tsao took over his family shipping business in Shanghai and moved it to Hong Kong when the Communists took over China. He founded International ...
22nd Pacific Science Congress (13–17 June 2011) The 2nd International Greentech & Eco Products Exhibition & Conference Malaysia (14–17 October 2010) Asia's No.1 Water and Wastewater Industry Event (27–29 March 2012) 102nd Rotary International Conference (3,000 Delegates) 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (11–12 October 2013)