The increase in the development of global supply chains is likely to face a major set back if the Doha round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks fail in Hong Kong next month. Commentators are already saying that prospects for success are very poor, due to the failure of preliminary talks in London and Geneva. Failure of the negotiations will undoubtedly have a long term impact on the speed of the development of the global logistics industry.

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Although railroads have experienced some congestion and slowed West Coast traffic, the November Port Tracker report says that concerns for retailers aren?t as great as they might have been last month. Port Tracker is produced by the economic research, forecasting and analysis firm, Global Insight, for the National Retail Federation.

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Savi Technology and Intermec Technologies Corporation, two long-time, leading providers of real-time supply chain solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), today introduced a new active RFID reader system designed specifically to read bar codes and active radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The lightweight, highly functional RFID reader system enhances the ability of DoD logistics personnel to identify and keep track of in-transit military supplies marked with bar code and active RFID technologies.

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Schneider National Inc., a provider of transportation, logistics and related services, said its automotive service team has been given the Ford Motor Co.’s Q1 certification, its highest recognition of superior supplier quality and service.

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Mitsui O.S.K.Lines, Ltd.(MOL) and A.P.Moller-Maersk (APM-Maersk) announced that agreement has been reached with to acquire the existing operations of P&O Nedlloyd (PONL) on the trade between Europe & South Africa.

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As shares of the world’s fourth-largest package carrier TNT fizzled Thursday, Wall Street matchmakers couldn’t resist thinking FedEx Corp. would be the perfect suitor. Nobody’s is saying it for the record, but a buy would give a presence in europe

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German railroad Deutsche Bahn AG is buying BAX Global, a U.S.-based logistics company owned by Brink’s Co., for about $1.1 billion in cash, Brink’s said Wednesday.BAX Global, an international freight transportation and supply chain management company, is based in Irvine, Calif., and has some 12,000 employees.

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Kuehne + Nagel has acquired the Danish forwarder Ziegler & Co. ApS. This takeover marks a further step in the group?s strategy to globally expand capabilities and capacities in the wine & spirits industry.

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PORT workers across Europe will temporarily stop working on Monday in order to show their protest against the European Commission’s Port Package II and to support the European Parliament in its rejection of the draft.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said here Friday that frictions between China and the United States in their trade and economic cooperation can be properly solved.

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