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Investors and Public Relations Manager
Industry: Other
Location: Dubai, UAE -
Lead Document Controller
Industry: Other
Location: Sharjah, UAE -
Corporate HSE Manager
Industry: Construction
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -
Retail Manager
Industry: Healthcare
Location: Kuwait, Kuwait -
Mechanical Engineer - Project Management
Industry: Construction
Location: Doha, Qatar
Sunday, 07 September 2008
Keeping pace with change
Transportation
It is no secret that Dubai is booming. Established logistics firms launch new distribution points in the emirate every month and new companies spring up just as often.
Saturday, 06 September 2008
Eye on the sky
Transportation
If only we had a crystal ball...
Monday, 25 August 2008
Flying for less
Transportation
When Emirates announced it would be launching a new budget airline, many of the established and start up carriers may have felt threatened.
Ask the expert: Nick Gates
Transportation
Question: How are baggage handling systems going to keep pace with the rapid increase in passenger numbers and flight frequencies?
Friday, 22 August 2008
Ask the expert: Surjeet Singh
Transportation
Should companies in the maritime sector outsource their human resource operations?
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Indian summer
Transportation
Question: How are British Airways World Cargo's operations faring in the Indian markets, especially in the face of rising domestic competition and the current economic situation?
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Education, education, education
Transportation
If you pick up any local newspaper in the UAE and turn to the appointments page you will typically be bombarded with reams of job advertisements for the role of ‘logistics manager’.
Saturday, 16 August 2008
Ask the expert: Andreas Dür
Transportation
How can Six Sigma improve transparency in supply chain operations?
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Coping mechanism
Transportation
Tough times call for tough measures. With the global crisis over the oil upsurge, hardest-hit sectors like transport and freight logistics operators are picking up their placards and protesting at the top of their lungs.
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Business on the edge - the new rules
Transportation
Innovation may be important - but what is it and how can you do it? David Westley provides the tool kit.
Monday, 11 August 2008
Taking on the world
Transportation
Logistics is not an industry that people tend to get very excited about.
Sunday, 10 August 2008
Steel, factories and TV
Transportation
Since you last read this column, the price of steel in the region has shot up by more than 10 percent - and it was already high before that.
The call of the sea
Transportation
Why shouldn't the bustling maritime industry of today be an ideal choice for people eager to carve out a lifetime career?
Saturday, 09 August 2008
The show must go on
Transportation
Now that fuel costs have risen to almost US$148 a barrel, airlines across the globe will have to tighten their belts.
Friday, 08 August 2008
Cities within cities
Transportation
Exactly how big should an airport be?
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
The A380 - Pay up or shut up
Transportation
Anil Bhoyrul responds to David Westley’s claim that the new A380 has taken the thrill out of air travel, and forgotten all about economy class passengers.
The A380 - bigger, but not better
Transportation
The new, shiny Airbus A380 is really the 07:46 Network East commuter train to Slough but fatter, argues a rather depressed David Westley.
Permanent revolution
Transportation
Dubai's construction industry has become infamous around the world for moving at breakneck speed, with a constantly supply of buildings being erected throughout the emirate.
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Time to tax the fat
Transportation
The more you weigh the more you should pay for your flights argues a well rounded David Westley.
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Trading places
Transportation
The World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Enabling Trade Index, released last month, represents an attempt to benchmark the extent to which a selection of 118 countries around the world have in place the factors and policies for enabling trade.
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