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The British International Freight Association is urging the U.K. government to reconsider a tax on unoccupied property that is hurting the bottom lines of shippers and logistics companies. From April 1, 2008, empty warehousing became liable for normal business rates after six months of being unoccupied, BIFA said in a statement. Offices star...
The world economic climate index has dropped for the fifth consecutive quarter in a row, hitting its lowest level since 1998. The index, compiled by the International Chamber of Commerce and the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, fell steeply in the fourth quarter, dropping 13.4 points to 60.0 from 73.4 the previous quarter. The index is based on a ...
Unisys Corporation announces that it will be offering the AMBER Cargo Revenue Accounting solution from Kale Consultants as part of its air cargo portfolio. Under the terms of the agreement reached by the two organizations, Unisys will offer AMBER as a hosted service and as a licensed solution to further strengthen its Logistics Management System (LMS) an...
Loading 30 smart cars in a Boeing 747 in less than 60 minutes. A new Guinness Book record for the fastest loading of cars onto aircraft has been set on 23 October 2008 by the express delivery company TNT and the car magazine TopGear at TNT’s air hub in Liege, Belgium. A team of seven people managed to fit 30 smart fortwo in a TNT B747 in 35 minutes and 34...
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received two ocean transportation intermediary license applications for review. The agency received non-vessel-operating common carrier-ocean freight forwarder license applications from InterChez Global Services, Stow, Ohio (Melissa F. Lines, vice president); and Morrison Express Corp., El Segundo, Calif. (...
Online ocean carrier booking portal INTTRA said Wednesday it has completed a U.S.-wide network for Hellmann Logistics. Hellmann's 25 offices are now outfitted with INTTRA Link, a product that allows shippers and logistics companies with a high-volume transactions to link their systems with carriers via XML or EDI. Hellmann's annual export vol...
The National Industrial Transportation League, a century-old organization representing shippers and carriers on transportation policy, has elevated Mark Maleski, supply chain logistics director for JCPenney Co., to chairman of the board. Maleski, previously first vice chairman, takes over from Curt Warfel, customer service and logistics mana...
Senate Democrats have agreed to leave Joseph Lieberman in place as chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Members of the Democratic caucus were upset with Lieberman's strong support for Republican Sen. John McCain during the presidential campaign. President-elect Barack Obama signaled that Lieberman shou...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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