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TRANSPORT NEWS WORLDWIDE
* UK - Analysis: Auto Logistics sector faces hazardous future
London,UK -Transport Intelligence -11 Sept 2006: -- The global automotive industry is undergoing dramatic changes. This will have an inevitable impact on supply chains with consequences for many of the world's largest logistics operators...
* USA - Congress moves to address port security
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Intelligence -12 Sept 2006: -- The United States Congress is presently considering its Port Security Improvement Act. The legislation is the product of the often highly charged debate in the US over the security status of its ports... The present bill requires the US Department of Homeland Security to create a plan to enable trade to resume quickly after a security incident at an American port... It also establishes on a legal basis the 'Container Security Initiative' which already targets certain types of container traffic, particularly that originating from certain – unnamed areas- of the world. The US will also establish scanning for radioactive materials in containers in all of its major ports...
* USA - Atlas Air places major freighter order
Purchase,NY,USA -Transport Intelligence -13 Sep 2006: -- Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of global air cargo services, has announced that it has placed an order with Boeing for 12 new 747-8 Freighters, valued at about $3.4 billion at list prices, with options and rights to acquire up to 14 additional aircraft...
* South Korea - CMA CGM places order for 8 super-large containerships
Ulsan, Korea -Transport Intelligence -13 Sep 2006: -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. has contracted an order for eight 11,400TEU containerships with its long-time client, CMA-CGM in France. The order is valued at US$1.2 billion and is the largest newshipbuilding order as a single contract in the world...
* France - CMA CGM launches new intermodal joint venture
Marseille,France -Transport Intelligence -12 Sep 2006: -- CMA CGM, the third leading container shipping group in the world, and Veolia Environnement have decided to cooperate, through their respective subsidiaries, Rail Link and Veolia Transport, in developing a new rail transportation service for sea containers...
* Holland - TNT wins new entertainment media contract
Amsterdam,Holland -Transport Intelligence -13 Sep 2006: -- TNT Express Services UK & Ireland has sealed a three-year deal with the Pinnacle-Arvato Group to deliver more than 100 million home entertainment products a year to more than 2,000 UK retail outlets... TNT won the contract from the Pinnacle Arvato Group to make overnight deliveries to independent retailers and major High Street chains, stocking music, film entertainment and computer games...
* Holland - TNT improves in Sustainability Index
Amsterdam,Holland -Wincanton/Transport Intelligence -13 Sep 2006: -- For the second consecutive year TNT has been designated leader in its industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index... TNT scored 84 points out of a possible 100, up nine points from last year's score. In six out of 18 criteria the Dutch mail and express company reached the highest score in its sector, Industrial Transportation...
* China - Hong Kong sees air cargo growth
HK,China -Transport Intelligence -13 Sep 2006: -- Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited has announced that its air cargo tonnage throughput for August was 210,426 tonnes, representing a year-on-year growth of 3.1%. The cumulative tonnage from January to August of 2006 was 1,612,960 tonnes, up 4.7% compared with the same period last year...
* UK - Wincanton wins Czech contract with Toshiba supplier
Chippenham,Wiltshire,UK-Transport Intelligence -12 Sep 2006: -- Wincanton, the European logistics provider, has recently gained the contract for the storage and distribution of goods with the supplier of Toshiba branded goods in the Czech Republic, Schuss Praha, spol. s r. o...
* UK - Wincanton completes WEEE trial with Argos
Chippenham,Wiltshire,UK-Transport Intelligence -12 Sep 2006: -- Following the launch of its WEEE recycling facility earlier this year, European logistics provider, Wincanton, has completed a three-month trial with UK retailer Argos to recycle the retailer's electrical and electronic returns...
* Chile - LAN Airlines reports increased cargo
Santiago,Chile -Transport Intelligence -12 Sep 2006: -- LAN Airlines S.A., one of the leading airline groups in Latin America, has reported its preliminary monthly and accumulated traffic statistics for August 2006...
* USA - UPS to roll out new technology to recent acquisitions
Atlanta,GA,USA -Transport Intelligence -12 Sep 2006: -- In a new technology initiative, UPS will complete in 2007 the deployment of its signature handheld computer for drivers - the DIAD or Delivery Information Acquisition Device - to employees of several important acquisitions, including two in Europe. LYNX Express, Ltd. is the largest package delivery provider in the United Kingdom and the Messenger Service Stolica S.A. is one of the leading parcel and express delivery companies in Poland, Central Europe's largest economy...
* Austria - Gebrüder Weiss launches new intermodal service
Lauterach,Österreich -Transport Intelligence -12 Sep 2006: -- Austrian logistics provider Gebrüder Weiss and Intercontainer Austria have launched a new rail connection for seafreight containers from Hamburg...
* India - GeoLogistics appoints Finnish partner
Mumbai,India -Transport Intelligence -12 Sep 2006: -- GeoLogistics Pvt. Ltd. Corporation has appointed Oy O. Nystroem & Co Ab as its strategic partner in Finland...
* UK - RH Freight seals alliance with German operator
UK -Transport Intelligence -11 Sep 2006: -- UK road haulier RH Freight has established a partnership with transport operator Cordes and Simon in the Black Forest region of Germany...
* UK - Industry body welcomes proposals for lorry charging scheme
UK -Transport Intelligence -11 Sep 2006: -- The UK's Freight Transport Association has welcomed proposals for the introduction of a revised form of the Lorry Road User Charge scheme similar to that scrapped by the present UK Government in July 2005...
* USA - FedEx completes acquisition of Watkins
USA -Transport Intelligence -11 Sep 2006: -- FedEx Corp. has announced it has completed the $780 million cash purchase of the LTL operations of Watkins Motor Lines and certain affiliates...
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