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TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC NEWS WORLDWIDE
* Germany - Deutsche Post World Net and UNICEF bid to reduce child mortality
Berlin,Germany -Transport Intelligence (UK) -18 Sept 206: -- Deutsche Post World Net and UNICEF have launched a global partnership under the motto "We deliver help"... The goal of the initiative is to reduce child mortality around the world...Together with UNICEF, Deutsche Post World Net will focus on improving medical care in regions where child mortality is high. To this end, the Group will provide its core competencies as an in-kind donation to UNICEF and also contribute additional financial support for example for projects against malaria. UNICEF's existing logistics processes will be analyzed and, if necessary, improved - for example, the storage and distribution of temperature-sensitive vaccines...
* UK - Airlines settle in Air Cargo price fixing investigation
Wiltshire,UK -Transport Intelligence -18 Sept 206: -- Four airlines at the centre of a price fixing enquiry held by both the US Government and the EU have settled their cases... United and American have closed their cases without having to pay any penalties to the US Justice Department. Lufthansa paid $85m/€67m in penalties on Monday. It is believed that Virgin Atlantic has also been fined, however the sum involved is unknown... SAS British Airways, Air France and Cargolux are amongst the airlines also to have been questioned by the authorities over the price rigging allegations...
* Germany - Global operations critical to new Schenker auto parts contract
Cologne,Germany -Transport Intelligence -18 Sept 206: -- A major new contract awarded by Visteon, one of the world's leading global automotive suppliers, to a subsidiary of Schenker, indicates the growing importance of global logistics operations in the auto spare parts sector, despite the predominance of regionally based vehicle manufacturing...
* Swiss - K+N open Ukrainian facility
Swiss -Transport Intelligence (UK) -18 Sept 206: -- Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has announced that it is investing in Ukraine... Kuehne + Nagel has invested more than 10 million euros in its new logistics facility built on a 60,000 sqm plot in Gostomel, Kiev Region, to accommodate the dynamic business performance...
* UK - Union votes to strike over DHL Exel mega-contract
UK-Transport Intelligence (UK) -17 Sep 2006 : -- DHL Exel's giant new contract with the National Health Service in the UK is facing sustained opposition from unions which could disrupt the out-sourcing of the £1.6 billion business... The union at the heart of attempts to prevent the out-sourcing of UK's NHS Logistics to DHL Exel has named the dates of the strikes...
* Bangladesh -WTO reports infrastructure hinders growth
Bangladesh -Transport Intelligence (UK) -18 Sept 206: -- The WTO has released its latest Trade Policy Review on Bangladesh. It states that the country has pursued prudent structural reforms in priority areas and trade liberalization however infrastructure bottlenecks persist... The report also says that the economic performance in the last few years, together with the authorities commitment to reform, the strengthening of the legal system and the promotion of exports and market diversification should lead the country towards sustained growth and poverty alleviation...
* Sweden - Schenker awards contract for parcel sorting system
Stockholm, Sweden --Transport Intelligence (UK) -18 Sept 206: -- FKI Logistex, the material handling solutions provider, has announced that it has been awarded a contract from Schenker for a parcel sorting system at its distribution centre in Stockholm, Sweden...
* UK - Logistics company invests in new facilities
UK -Transport Intelligence (UK) -18 Sept 206: -- Ramage Group, a leading logistics company in the UK, has invested more than £7m with the opening of two new logistics centres...
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