The international investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort upgraded the Maersk share and thus sent the investors a clear message to keep their Maersk shares instead of selling them, which was earlier the bank’s recommendation. On the other hand, speculations of a possible take-over of Hapag Lloyd are increasing.

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Schneider National, Inc., a premier provider of transportation, logistics and intermodal services, today announced its 2006 financial results. The company achieved consolidated revenue growth for the 34th consecutive year, ending 2006 with $3.7 billion in revenue, up from $3.4 billion in 2005 (restated).

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An important advance in the development of the Chinese economy has been marked by DHL’s opening of its wholly owned Chinese domestic air freight forwarding service.

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Worldwide personal computer shipments totaled 239 million units in 2006, a 9.5 percent increase from 2005, according to market analysts Gartner. The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region continued to be the largest PC region during the year.

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In an effort to redefine its North American service model and streamline ocean and inland routes, ocean carrier Maersk Line announced today it has made changes to more efficiently move greater volumes on fewer shipping services.

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2006 was a challenging year for the RFID industry - sales expectations fell short, a high-profile IPO did not materialize, and the market continued to be “commoditized before it is commercialized.” Nevertheless, investment in RFID remained strong and the industry made significant strides toward resolving standards-related issues.

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DHL Exel Supply Chain has announced that it will build a new facility in Unna. Starting in the autumn of 2007, the specialist contract logistics division of the Deutsche Post World Net Group will operate a “logistics campus”, designed especially for customers of the consumer goods industry. Construction of the first section will begin in mid-January 2007.

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Once again rumours are emerging that container shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk is set to buy diversified German transport and tourism operator TUI. This speculation has been doing the rounds for at least six months, but it has had sufficient momentum to push TUI’s share price over 5% higher over the past week.

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Salvaging is not illegal, but concealing goods would be Beach-combers have been told to stay away, but scavengers are out on Branscombe beach in Devon, where booty is washing up from the stranded ship MSC Napoli. So can they keep what they find?

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JDA Software Group, Inc., a developer of supply-chain optimization software, completed its final integration initiatives related to its July 2006 acquisition of Manugistics. The Company adopts Manugistics? open and scalable architecture platform, and lays off 100 employees from its product development team.

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