When the red-shirt riots gripped Bangkok last year, the business of Siam Cement Group (SCG) was disrupted, but only for two days. But the May 2010 incident prompted Thailand's top industrial conglomerate to realise it needed measures in place to cope with anything unexpected in the future.

Akey US government report spreads the blame for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, citing a bad cement job, poor management by BP and its subcontractors and risky shortcuts.

Business leaders are committed to pursuing the mission of Dusit Nontanakorn, the chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) and the Board of Trade who died of leukaemia on Tuesday night.

Dusit Nontanakorn, Chairman of both the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) and the Board of Trade of Thailand (BOT) died Tuesday at 8pm at Bangkok Hospital where he was being treated for leukemia.

FUKUOKA, JAPAN : Plans are afoot to develop Ayutthaya's Rojana Industrial Park into an industrial eco-town.

The government will hold a public hearing next month on the master plans for countrywide logistics and irrigation systems with the objective of crystallising project plans and attracting private investment in the face of budget constraints.

BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- China and Vietnam have agreed to address the dispute over the South China Sea through negotiations and peaceful, friendly consultations.

Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo met with Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son, the special envoy of the Vietnamese leader, in Beijing on Saturday.

IDII has announced a new valuable reference book ‘How To Increase Your Warehouse Space’ authored by warehouse veteran Art Liebeskind. This practical how-to-book is highly organised with numerous colour illustrations. It is a consolidation of valuable space saving ideas from 35 years of actual warehouse consulting experience. These ideas will benefit any warehouse operation.

“This is the first year we attend Thailand International Logistics fair. We used to attend other fairs before but the feedback was not good enough. We think this fair will help us to approach the right target groups since our products are forklift trucks and handling

Thai National Shipper’s Council (TNSC) will organize a final-round competition in search of Thai young talents to win Green Logistics 2010. The competition will be held on 8 October 2010 as part of Thailand International Logistics Fair 2010 at BITEC, Bangna, Bangkok.