Archive for September, 2007

Panama Canal expansion gets underway

Logistics & Shipping

They came from every province of Panama and from across the globe to witness history: the beginning of the historic expansion of the Panama Canal.

Panama canal expansion ceremony

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RFID Help Portuguese Fashion Retailer Slim

Supply Chain Technology & RFID

Portuguese fashion retailer Throttleman has reduced the time items spend in the supply chain by five to seven days with the use of an RFID system.

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TNT Express Sets Up New Customs Brokerage Division for All Inbound Shipments Entering Canada

Global Trade & Logistics

TNT Express has launched a new customs brokerage division for international shipments entering Canada. The unit will offer Canadian companies advice and assistance on all aspects of tariff classification and schedules, duty advancement, valuation rulings and duty and tax determination.

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Bookreview: New French book “The Advantages of Intermodal Transport in Logistics”

Book reviews

Nowadays, mastering the intermodal techniques rewards those who take a logistics stance. French logistics expert and journilist Élie Le Du wrote a book about it.

Advantages of Intermodal Transport in Logistics

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TMS: By popular demand

Supply Chain Software

On-demand TMS has proven to be an economical, yet robust solution to transportation management issues. Now on-demand’s popularity is growing as systems become more sophisticated, moving it well beyond the light planning and optimization features on which it was founded.

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CEVA grows under its debt burden

Logistics & Shipping

CEVA Group announced its second quarter (Q2) results last week. They show a company with a modestly growing revenue, reasonable profitability but a heavy and apparently growing burden of interest repayments.

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Maersk container activities still not profitable

Logistics & Shipping

The container activities of Maersk showed considerable progress in result compared to the first half year 2006 as was expected, however, the total net result was negative by USD 168 million. The number of transported containers in Maersk Line increased by 3%, which was lower than the general market growth as a consequence of the focus on earnings rather than market share.

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