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Fujitsu Siemens on Friday sent 50 containers full of high-end IT products from Xiangting, in central China, to Germany by rail, said DB Schenker, one of three primary railways responsible for a transcontinental freight line linking Asia to Europe. The train is due to arrive in Hamburg on Oct. 6, completing the more than 6,000-mile journey in 17 days. ...
Englewood, Colo.-based information and analysis firm IHS Inc., the owner of such information brands as Jane's Information Group, has purchased the privately held trade and transportation forecasting firm Global Insight in a $200 million transaction. Global Insight, which covers more than 170 industries with 350 analysts, researchers and economists, is...
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has proposed revisions to certain regulations covering the transport of hazardous waste shipments for recycling purposes between the United States and member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The EPA said specifically the changes would make the Resource Conservation...
Delays and costs associated with the development of the Automated Commercial Environment next-generation trade processing system have forced U.S. Customs to scale back programming to meet the most essential needs of government and the import-export community, according to industry representatives collaborating on the project. Customs and Border Protec...
Worldwide Flight Services has been awarded cargo-handling contracts at Baltimore Washington International Airport by three airlines, Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines and US Airways. The three contracts will boost WFS's monthly throughput at its 22,000 square feet warehouse and office facility in Baltimore from 1,500 tons to 2,000 tons. The com...
British Airways World Cargo will Oct. 2 lower its fuel surcharge to .69/$1.05/1.05 euros. The airline said the reduction follows a second consecutive week that its fuel index has been below the level 21 threshold. While high fuel prices remain a very real challenge for the industry, over recent weeks prices have been steadily falling. This has tri...
India's civil aviation ministry is considering a plan to allow express companies to operate their own ground handling operations at major airports in the country, according to a report this week in the Business Standard. Companies like Blue Dart, India's biggest courier company and now a part of DHL, as well as UPS would welcome the news, as they have...
FedEx Corp. said it will increase shipping rates by an average of 6.9 percent for U.S. and U.S. export services, effective Jan. 5. The company said the rate increase would be partially offset by adjusting the fuel price at which the fuel surcharge begins, reducing the fuel surcharge by two percentage points. Additional changes will be made to other FedEx...
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