How to Organise Scrap Pickups From Multiple Suppliers
Organising pickups from multiple suppliers is the collection trade’s daily puzzle, and the puzzle’s pieces are each supplier’s timing, location, material and quantity. The organising principle is simpler than the puzzle looks: same area, same day, one vehicle, and the challenge is knowing which suppliers belong in which area-day combination. Multi-supplier pickups occupy the trade’s […]
Chattogram’s shipbreakers and the cost of going green
The shipbreaking yards of Chattogram face an investment question with no good answer. Upgrading to meet the global convention’s standards costs serious money, and the steel prices that pay for ship scrap do not currently reward the difference. Bangladesh’s yards are caught between the rules arriving from London and the market that actually buys their […]