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GOLF DAY IN SA

ADELAIDE’S shipping industry has been playing golf for so long that special conditions have been placed on South Australia’s most sought-after trophy.

Paradigm shift in logistics chain transparency

AT THE end of October there were a number of media articles about business warning of the need to tackle bottlenecks stifling exports.

Schenker helps out with Hopper

Schenker Australia and The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) have renewed their logistics partnership for 2009/10, writes Rob McKay. This includes major exhibitions such as the Dennis Hopper (pictured) and the New Hollywood being displayed in Melbourne from November 12 to April 25. As ACMI’s logistics provider, customs clearance and freight forwarding agent DB Schenker has moved more than 60 cubic metres of exhibition material from various locations such as the Cinemateque Francaise in Paris, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the various US locations including even Dennis Hopper’s home to Melbourne.

Cooking up a storm

Staff from freight forwarders BCR Australia have cooked up a storm recently with company-supported cooking classes (pictured, above). In recent months, the company has been running Victors Food “Cook smart to eat well “ classes and staff are taken through a 45-minute cooking class in the boardroom at their office. Dishes have included sushi and Vietnamese rolls. BCR National Customs Manager Andrew Crawford said: “We decided upon this program as a positive teambuilding initiative for our company. Everyone has been working really hard for the past couple of years and we wanted to give something back. We have 55 staff in the Sydney office and we have definitely noticed that the tempo has become a bit more upbeat amongst the group since we started this program. In addition to cooking classes, we have also joined our company to a gym, so we are all feeling great.”