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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * WORLDWIDE
* European Freight Forwarding Index: relative optimism for the next two months
London,UK -Truck and Business (Belgium), by Claude Yvens -13 Sept 2012: -- European shippers interviewed as part of the European Freight Forwarding Index found that transport volumes in August were well below their June forecast index (46 instead of 57). They are against relatively optimistic for the coming months, since their predictions back to an index of 58 to 54 last month. Forecasts for road freight are in the same area...
* Europe / Luxembourg - Jost Group bought CP Ships Logistics
* South Africa: Truck drivers’ strike intensifies
Mbabane, Swaziland,SA -The Swazi Observer, by Winile Masinga -28 September, 2012: -- The N4 highway leading to Johannesburg from Swaziland was yesterday blocked by protesting transport workers and truck drivers in South Africa... According to a report issued to members of the Road Freight Association, the local transport businesses of the situation in that country for them to be fully aware of what they may have to face as they travel in that country’s roads... Secretary General of the association, Mandla Mamba, said travelling to South Africa during the strike was very dangerous especially for the truck drivers, as the strike in that country gets more intense... The workers are protesting over a 12% wage increment and are reportedly not taking anything below 9%...
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