The Busan Int'l Port Conference(BIPC) was held during the 3rd and 4th of Oct. 2016 under the theme of 'Cross Over the Wave of Uncertainty'. BIPC is the unique specialized port conference in Korea which was first held in 2013 in commemoration of 10th anniversary of Busan Port Authority. This time Mr. Jens Meier from Hamburg Port Authority joined the conference as a guest speaker and Media KN(BVL Korea and the publisher of Shippers' Journal) was able to have an separate interview with him. Q.As you know, there is an ongoing world-wide recession, which probably has a significant effect on the tra
BVL Korea opened its official website on 14th Oct 2016 in commemoration of the 1st anniversary of nomination. It follows the opening of BVL Korea's facebook site in August. The website is composed of a number of columns including 'BVL Korea' which shows basic information about BVL and the history of BVL Korea. 'from BVL' column provides visitors with German and other European logistics news which is selected from LOG letter email service every week. And there are other columns like 'Event' 'Members' and 'English' for foreigners. BVL Korea has been acting as a mediator between German and Korean
In the wake of the 1st Korea-German Logistics Conference held on 9th June in Seoul, MediaKN, the publisher of Shippers’ Journal and also Korean representative of BVL(German Federal Logistics Association), had a chance to interview Mr. Stefan Halusa to introduce Brose Korea and talk about how to further promote BVL activities in Korea. Mr. Halusa is the president of Brose East Asia as well as the president of KGCCI(Korean-German Chamber of Commerce Industry), which was an organizer of the conference. “If we are able to combine our expertise with the Korean speed of implementation, we will be i
On 9 June 2016, the BVL has carried out jointly with the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the first Korean-German Logistics Conference. 150 participants from business, politics and science discussed in the International Conference Hall, Seoul led by the BVL representatives Won-Gyung Kook, CEO Media KN and Young il Han, Director Media KN on strategic developments in logistics. Vice Minister Administrator Lee Byoung Gook welcomed the participants together with Detthold Aden, initiator of this cooperation, an honorary member and longtime board member of BVL. Prof. Dr. Frank Straub
BVL Korea had an opportunity to celebrate Supply Chain Day with an outdoor workshop program for logistics leaders in Korea. As of 21st April 2016, Global Logistics Management Program(GLMP) members, most of whom are CEOs in the country's logistics companies, gathered together in the 'Young-chi' mountains located in southern region of Korea to commemorate Supply Chain Day and to have discussions about logistics business. (photo1) Some participants like DPL and Nexlogitech (photo2) are already BVL members and they were happy to be a part of this program. During the meeting, Ms. Kook, BVL represen
The kick-off meeting for BVL Korea took place on 5th Feb. 2016 at the office of Weidmüller Korea. 4 people including Mr. Hans-Kristian Harder (BASF), Ms. Shari Lee (Weidmüller Korea), Ms. Won-Gyung Kook and Mr. Young-il Han, both of whom are from Media KN and also BVL Korea representatives, participated in the meeting Each participant introduced their companies and Mr. Harder, who is a representative of BVL Hong Kong, explained what BVL is about to the other participants There were also detailed discussions about preparation for the main BVL activities, particularly focused on Supply Chain Day
One of South Korea’s big economic players Dongwon Group specialized in processed food-making is going to take over the country’s third largest logistics player Dongbu Express to diversify their businesses and make synergy effects with its existing fishing, food and packing material businesses. As of 20th Sep 2016, Dongwon Enterprise Co., a holding company of Dongwon Group, signed a MOU for the takeover with the full stake from a consortium led by KTB Private Equity and Q Capital Partners. At present the due diligence review is being carried out. The 100 percent stake of the company is expected