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Transport costs could alter world trade
Source: www.supplychain.cn Date: 08-20-2008 18:00:00 GMT
Transport costs could alter world trade by : On the high seas, giant vessels stuffed with furniture, toys and electronics are slowing down in a bid to conserve fuel. Customers are pulling packages from costly air shipments and sending them by ship More
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Learning From the Oil Shock
Source: www.washingtonpost.com Date: 06-18-2008 14:21:01 GMT
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IKEA thinks global and acts local
Source: Modern Materials Handling Date: 02-01-2008 00:00:00 GMT
Think globally, act locally. That's how IKEA Wholesale approached its new 750,000 square foot distribution center in Port Wentworth, Ga., located near the port of Savannah. In fact, three principles came into play in the facility design, according to Jim Leddy, IKEA's expansion manager for North More
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Emirates Shipping Line Chooses GT Nexus
Source: www.logistics-business-review.com Date: 11-11-2009 00:00:00 GMT
To provide transactional e-commerce services for the carrier's global customers More
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Logwin Repositions Land Transportation Activities - Logistics Business Review : News
Date: 09-01-2009 00:00:00 GMT
Logwin, a logistics service provider, is repositioning its land transportation activities for Turkey and Greece. Against this background, Logwin Road + Rail Leibnitz GmbH is selling the activities of its site in Leibnitz to NUN Overland GmbH, Leibnitz, with effect from 1 September 2009. More
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Rough Seas For Tanker Lines
Source: www.forbes.com Date: 08-13-2009 23:26:18 GMT
HOUSTON –– Oil tankers, floating monstrosities that can haul 2 million barrels of crude across the ocean, are slogging through the doldrums, with spot shipping rates near the break-even line or, in some cases, falling below. More
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Fortunes Improve For Dry Bulk Shippers
Source: www.forbes.com Date: 07-21-2009 23:48:26 GMT
A rebound in steel production in China has mills importing more ore, but shippers' stocks remain depressed. More
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Kuehne+Nagel To Collaborate With INTTRA - Logistics Business Review : News
Date: 09-28-2009 00:00:00 GMT
Otto Schacht, senior vice president of Global Seafreight at Kuehne+Nagel, said: “Invoicing, dispute resolution, and payment processes are highly fragmented across the industry and represent a significant area of cost and inefficiency. More
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CEVA China Launches New Services - Logistics Business Review : News
Date: 09-04-2009 00:00:00 GMT
The move would unite multiple domestic services under one name of "CEVA Ground China" More
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UTi Worldwide Reports Decline In Q2 Profit - Logistics Business Review : News
Date: 09-03-2009 19:05:26 GMT
Results in the quarter continued to be impacted by weak economic and industry conditions More
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Downer EDI Rail Selects DB Schenker As Logistics And Warehousing Provider - Logistics Business
Date: 08-31-2009 00:00:00 GMT
Company to assist in the delivery of new fleet of Waratah trains for Sydney More
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Kodak Selects DHL As Global Air Freight Partner - Logistics Business Review : News
Date: 08-26-2009 00:00:00 GMT
DHL to manage logistics for multiple Kodak divisions in the Asia Pacific region More
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Wallenborn Acquires Rutges Cargo - Logistics Business Review : News
Date: 08-14-2009 00:00:00 GMT
Wallenborn Transports SA, a European supplier of logistics in road feeder transportations, air cargo distribution and related services with home base in Luxembourg, has acquired Rutges Cargo BV, a supplier of air cargo distribution based in Amsterdam. More
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The Shipping News Is Ugly
Source: www.forbes.com Date: 07-15-2009 21:09:39 GMT
Slaughtered by the recession, container shipping is ripe for consolidation. A scorecard. More
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Somalia's Growing Piracy Threat
Source: www.forbes.com Date: 11-17-2008 09:55:12 GMT
Hijacking of a Saudi supertanker points to widening ambitions and capabilities. More
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DHL to provide inbound transportation services to Airbus
Source: www.logistics-business-review.com Date: 07-03-2008 12:48:00 GMT
DHL, an express and logistics company, has signed a new five-year agreement with Airbus to manage a significant part of inbound transportation from air, ocean, road, and provide customs and value-added services. More
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DHL Global Forwarding expands network in China
Source: www.supplychain.cn Date: 04-17-2008 13:00:00 GMT
DHL Global Forwarding expands network in China by : DHL Global Forwarding has announced the opening of three branches on the mainland to gain greater access to China's hinterland. The branches Changsha in Hunan Province, Hefei in Anhui province, and More
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Cargo Slump Bodes Ill for Supply Chain
Source: www.supplychain.cn Date: 04-14-2008 18:00:00 GMT
Cargo Slump Bodes Ill for Supply Chain by : A sharp drop in freight shipped across the Pacific during the past two months suggests the shipping-industry slump is about to get worse. At the major ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., which bring More
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YRC Logistics's Mexico unit launches new service
Source: www.logistics-business-review.com Date: 03-26-2008 12:09:00 GMT
Transportation services provider YRC Logistics has announced that it is offering international air and ocean freight-forwarding services to customers, as part of its plans to enhance its business and global logistics services in Mexico. More
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Kirby Cranks it Up
Source: www.forbes.com Date: 01-14-2008 21:24:09 GMT
The inland barge operator lifts its earnings per share guidance for the fourth quarter on strong demand. More
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