This Week in Logistics - 01/30/08 | Logistics Management

DPWN may consider selling DHL Express U.S. operations, says news report
According to the Financial Times Deutschland, the Deutsche Post World Net is rumored to sell DHL Express - including a possible scenario involving FedEx as a buyer. Are the rumors true? more

New approach for sustainable supply chains needed, cites ARC report
Changes in one area of the supply chain often impact another area, says report author Adrian Gonzalez who bids shippers to consider the tradeoffs when implementing green initiatives... more
Current oil and gas situation may have a mixed impact for shippers' transportation budgets, LM survey indicates
Since September, shippers have somewhat mixed feelings when it comes to gauging how the current situation is going to ultimately effect their 2008 transportation budgets... more

Port of Boston has record year for container cargo
A primary reason for this growth is an increase in cargo activity with Asia, which has increased yearly since 2002....more
Diesel price update
Diesel prices were down again this week, falling another 1.1 cents to $3.259 per gallon. Despite the decline, this week's price is 84.6 cents higher than the price last year at this time... more

Court denies motion to invalidate HOS rule
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a terse order today denying advocacy group Public Citizen’s request to invalidate the recently issued hours-of-service (HOS) Interim Final Rule (IFR). more » » »
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January 30, 2008