DUBAI — Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC), the world’s third largest shipping company, opened its Middle East regional office in Dubai on Monday, and said the move was to position itself as a leading logistics provider for the GCC’s $43-billion Halal ?food industry.
Port Klang Free Trade
Zone (PKFZ) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with
Marseille-Fos Port (MFPA) to boost the strategic alliance between them.Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said the MOU was aimed
at establishing a framework for the cooperation between PKFZ and MFPA,
one of the largest ports in Europe, to promote the halal industry in
Malaysia and France.
NORTHPORT (Malaysia) Bhd, is banking
on its halal tag to help exporters and shipping lines tap into the
US$500 billion (RM1.6 billion) global halal industry market.
This is an interesting article for anyone who has thought about the integrity and traceability issues in the Halal supply chain, such as the Halal Superhighway project. The technology is already in place for this, and taking the open source route is clearly an interesting way to go. Whether the players in the Halal sector can be as collaborative as the eco-activists remains to be seen. It would be a shame if they cannot…
MISC Berhad will upgrade its Halal Express Service linking the Far
East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East,
effective later this month. The Malaysia-based carrier will expand the weekly service with a second loop to provide direct connections to and from Japan.
Kuala Lumpur: MISC Bhd will soon
launch the Halal Express Service-Loop 2 that directly connects Far East
ports to India and the Middle East region. The service, to commence on Sept 24, 2009 from Japan, would meet
the growing demand for carriage of Halal produce and products, it said
in a statement on Saturday.
The logistics world is waking up to the enormous potential of the
halal industry. Benefiting from a ready-made global customer group of
nearly two billion Muslims, the international halal food industry was
valued at US$570 billion during 2005. And with the total spend on
logistics operations accounting for around 5-10% of total revenue, its
not surprising that logistics companies all over the world are keen to
grab a piece of this growing market.
Malaysian firms and
entrepreneurs have been urged to use the services of Netherlands’ Port
Rotterdam which offers some of the best facilities in the world for the
export of halal products into Europe.
Intel Technology Sdn
Bhd and TraceTracker Innovation ASA (TraceTracker) through their
Malaysian subsidiary TraceTracker Malaysia Sdn Bhd recently signed a
Teaming Agreement to develop a low cost mobile Halal food traceability
device.
RECORDER REPORT
KARACHI (April 21 2009):
Malaysia has commenced its upgraded Halal Express Service (HES) for
Pakistan with the maiden call of a large vessel at Pakistan
International Container Terminal (PICT) on Monday. ‘The volume of
bilateral trade between Pakistan and Malaysia was recorded at $1.8
billion during last year,’ Malaysian Deputy High Commission to
Pakistan, Mohammed Khalid Abdul Razak told in a ceremony held at PICT
to mark the commencement of HES.
Consulting firm Frost
& Sullivan has identified many strong RFID opportunities in the
Halal food industry, which requires documentation that foods were
prepared and transported in accordance with Islamic law. Without tight
focus, vendors could miss this and other
specific opportunities throughout the food supply chain.
Chulalongkorn
University’s Halal Science Centre has joined regional company Halal
Global Services to develop a Halal Super Highway to promote Halal foods
and products in both domestic and global markets. As a
result, Thailand is expected to become a Halal logistics hub – or
so-called Hogistics Hub – for the Southeast Asia region before the end
of next year.
MISC Bhd, a Malaysian shipping company, said its new halal express service will
start on April 1 and offer clients more direct calls and cover more
ports. The service will cover the Far East, Southeast Asia, Indian
Sub-Continent and Middle East and will be operated by MISC
independently.
SENAI
Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd (SATS) is seeking active
participation from China in its quest to transform Senai into a
regional transport hub.
It was reported that MMC International
Holdings Bhd planned to offer 30% equity in SATS to a company from
China to develop the airport into an aviation hub or a duty-free zone.
Dr. Mohamed Amin Kassim, deputy director of Urusan Century Logistics
Holdings, will chair the committee with members representing 17
companies and organizations.
“The companies involved will be clustered according to their needs
and sector,” said Abdul Malik Abul Kassim, chairman of the state
committee for domestic trade and consumer affairs.
