STRATEGY After five years of tank fleet growth and business consolidation, followed by personnel changes at the top, Suttons Group is ready to start a new phase of growth in territories old and new
SQAS Two years ago, Cefic introduced major revisions to the SQAS questionnaires and guidelines. Victor Trapani, who joined Cefic as SQAS Manager a year ago, reports on how those changes are benefitting industry and what more is in store
CONFERENCE REPORT Long-haul shipping is key to getting product from Middle Eastern producers to consumers in Asia, Europe and North America. But producers are looking for better links and lower prices, while shipowners need better returns.
CONFERENCE REPORT Dubai was the rather gaudy setting for this year's GPCA Supply Chain Conference, held over two days this past May at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel
CONFERENCE REPORT Home to endless shopping malls and a $3bn hotel with its own gold vending machine, Abu Dhabi played host to GPCA’s third Supply Chain Conference this past October.
CONFERENCE REPORT Home to the mysterious Tree of Life that has thrived alone in the desert for at least 400 years with no apparent source of water, Bahrain was the blistering hot setting for the Second GPCA Supply Chain Conference
CONFERENCE REPORT After years of trying to get an association off the ground, the Middle East petrochemical sector now has a body to represent its interests and act as a focal point for understanding.
CONFERENCE REPORT Petrochemical output in the Middle East is growing and growing fast. The implications of this are wide reaching in terms of logistics and supply chain management
